Virtual : Macroeconometric Forecasting and Analysis
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- Session: SA 21.36V
- Location: New Delhi, India
- Dates: September 13-24, 2021 (2 weeks)
- Delivery method: Virtual Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed
Training program overview
- Session No.: SA 21.36 V
- Location: New Delhi, India
- Date: September 13-24, 2021 (2 weeks)
- Delivery Method: Virtual Training
- Primary Language: English
- Status: Deadline passed
Target audience and qualifications
- Target Audience:
- Government officials involved in developing macroeconometric models and forecasting for the analysis, design, and implementation of macroeconomic policy.
- Qualifications:
- Expected to have an advanced degree in economics or equivalent experience and a background in econometrics.
- Comfortable using EViews for econometric applications.
- It is strongly recommended that applicants have completed the online Macroeconometric Forecasting (MFx) course.
Course description and pedagogy
- Presented by the Institute for Capacity Development.
- Gives government officials a rigorous foundation in the estimation of macroeconometric models and their application for forecasting and policy analysis in central banks, ministries, and public research institutions.
- Emphasis on hands-on, group-based estimation and forecasting exercises.
Course objectives (upon completion)
- Identify the bases for a number of model specifications.
- Use EViews software to apply modeling techniques to country data and replicate results from important published research papers.
- Apply the techniques learned to country cases from their region to forecast and analyze a policy issue.
- Apply appropriate tools available in the EViews econometric package to their own work or research and that of other countries.
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