Virtual : Monetary and Financial Statistics - Advanced (MFS-A)
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- Session: AT 23.05V
- Location: Ebene, Mauritius
- Dates: February 13-24, 2023 (2 weeks)
- Delivery method: Virtual Training
- Primary language: English
- Interpretation language: Portuguese
- Status: Deadline passed
Program overview
- Training Program: Monetary and Financial Statistics - Advanced
- Session No.: AT 23.05 V
- Location: Ebene, Mauritius
- Date: February 13-24, 2023 (2 weeks)
- Delivery Method: Virtual Training
- Primary Language: English
- Interpretation Language: Portuguese
- Status: Deadline passed
Target audience and qualifications
- Target Audience:
- Central bank officials and officials from regulatory agencies responsible for compiling monetary statistics.
- Qualifications:
- Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or statistics, or equivalent experience.
- Previous completion of the Monetary and Financial Statistics - Introductory (MFS-I) course in person or virtual is recommended.
Course description and content focus
- Course presented by the Statistics Department.
- Basis: Material is based on the Monetary and Financial Statistics Manual and Compilation Guide (MFSMCG).
- Assumed prior knowledge: Participants are assumed to already understand the main principles underlying the compilation of monetary statistics (e.g., having participated in the MFS-I course).
- Core content:
- Fundamentals of compiling monetary statistics with special attention to other financial corporations (OFCs).
- Characteristics of various OFCs (insurance corporations, pension funds, non-MMF investment funds, etc.), their typical balance sheet structure, and their role in the financial sector.
- Overview of financial statistics and national accounts:
- Financial flows and stocks of all sectors of the domestic economy and their interactions with the rest of the world.
- The balance sheet approach to vulnerability analysis.
- Relationships between monetary, balance of payments, government finance, and national accounts statistics.
- Pedagogy:
- Lectures and case studies to familiarize participants with practical aspects of compiling monetary statistics for OFCs and basic principles underlying compilation of national accounts.
- Culminating activity: Participants are expected to make a short presentation on monetary statistics compilation issues in their own countries.
Course objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Describe the role of OFCs in the financial sector and the related implications of data collection for monetary statistics purposes.
- Distinguish between different types of OFCs.
- Compile OFC monetary statistics according to IMF standardized report form 4 SR for OFCs.
- Apply the main principles of financial statistics and national accounts.