## Compilation Basics for Macroeconomic Statistics (CBMSx)

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**Canonical URL:** [Compilation Basics for Macroeconomic Statistics (CBMSx)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/courses/cbmsx)

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: July 24, 2025

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## Upcoming offerings

| Start date | End date | Location | Delivery Method | Session No. | Primary & (Interpretation) language | Apply |
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| May 1, 2026 | April 15, 2027 | Course conducted online | [Online Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods) | [OL 26.110](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2026/cbmsxol26-110) | English | [Apply online](https://www-ins.imf.org/TAS/signon.aspx?pkey=OL26.110E) by April 1, 2027 |

### Overview
- The online course reviews the basic skills, concepts, and principles required to compile and disseminate macroeconomic and financial statistics.
- Topics covered include residence, institutional units, institutional sectors, accounting rules, financial instruments, stocks and flows, the IMF's Data Standards Initiatives, and basic macroeconomic linkages among these statistics.
- Topic: Macroeconomic Statistics.

### Target audience
- Officials who compile macroeconomic and financial statistics in national statistical organizations, ministries of finance, economy, or planning, or in central banks.

### Qualifications
- Some knowledge of economics and statistics is helpful.
- Basic Microsoft Excel skills are essential.

### Course objectives
Upon completion of this course, using the basic concepts and principles in the compilation and dissemination of macroeconomic and financial statistics, participants should be able to:
- Differentiate institutional units and sectors.
- Apply the concept of residence.
- Record stocks and flows in an integrated manner.
- Apply appropriate accounting rules.
- Classify financial instruments.
- Summarize the requirements and recommendations of the IMF's Data Standards Initiatives.
- Evaluate macroeconomic inter-linkages.

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## References

- [Online Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods)
- [OL 26.110](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2026/cbmsxol26-110)
- [Apply online](https://www-ins.imf.org/TAS/signon.aspx?pkey=OL26.110E)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/courses/cbmsx_