Selected Macroeconomics Issues for Mid-Career IES Officers
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- Session: SA 25.48
- Location: New Delhi, India
- Dates: October 6-17, 2025 (2 weeks)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
Target audience and qualifications
- Target Audience:
- Mid-level to senior officials in central banks and ministries of finance or economy who are directly involved in diagnosing the state of the macroeconomy and making projections.
- Qualifications:
- Participants should preferably have an advanced degree in economics or equivalent experience.
Course description and scope
- The course covers a broad range of macroeconomic issues.
- Analytical focus:
- The four main macroeconomic sectors: real, fiscal, external, and monetary.
- Interlinkages across sectors, including macro-fiscal and macro-financial aspects.
- How to diagnose macroeconomic imbalances and financial stability risks.
- Contextual focus:
- Theoretical material will be related to the Indian context to deepen understanding of India's present economic opportunities and challenges.
Course objectives
- Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Analyze potential output and calculate output gaps and diagnose the outlook for the Indian economy.
- Assess the stance of current fiscal, monetary and exchange rate, and financial policies.
- Assess macro-financial linkages and understand some aspects of financial regulation and macro prudential policies.
- Assess the medium-term prospects of the economy, especially the sustainability of public and external debt, and identify impediments to long-term growth.
- Identify possible external and internal economic risks and vulnerabilities to economic growth and identify policies to address them.
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