Selected Macroeconomics Issues for RBI Mid-career officers
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- Session: SA 25.31
- Location: New Delhi, India
- Dates: August 25-29, 2025 (1 week)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
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- Session No.: SA 25.31
- Location: New Delhi, India
- Date: August 25-29, 2025 (1 week)
- Delivery Method: In-person Training
- Primary Language: English
- Target Audience: Mid-level to senior officials in RBI.
- Qualifications: A background in economics would be useful but not essential.
Course Description
- Purpose: Provide senior officers of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) a broad understanding of macroeconomic issues and tools used to assess the economic situation.
- Focus areas:
- Strengthen participants' ability to assess a country's macroeconomic situation, including the current state of the economy.
- Evaluate the stance of fiscal and monetary policy.
- Examine financial stability and the sustainability of public debt.
- Apply concepts to India to illustrate current macroeconomic opportunities and challenges.
- Demonstrate practical tools for day-to-day macroeconomic analysis and policy making.
- Methods: Use of historical data and hands-on, Excel-based tools.
Course Objectives
- Analyze economic and financial developments of a country using historical data and hands-on, Excel-based tools.
- Analyze potential output and diagnose the outlook for the economy.
- Assess the stance of current fiscal and monetary policies.
- Assess macro-financial linkages, including through the analysis of financial sector soundness indicators.
- Assess the medium-term prospects of the economy, especially the sustainability of public debt, and identify impediments to long-term growth.
- Identify possible risks and vulnerabilities to economic growth and identify policies to address them.
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