## Monetary and Financial Statistics - Advanced

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**Canonical URL:** [Monetary and Financial Statistics - Advanced](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2024/mfs-aat24-16)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: AT 24.16
- Location: Ebene, Mauritius
- Dates: April 22, 2024 - May 3, 2024 (2 weeks)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: French
- Interpretation language: English Portuguese
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Program and logistics
- Training Program: Monetary and Financial Statistics - Advanced
- Session No.: AT 24.16
- Location: Ebene, Mauritius
- Date: April 22, 2024 - May 3, 2024 (2 weeks)
- Delivery Method: In-person Training
- Primary Language: French
- Interpretation Language: English 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
- Presented by the Statistics Department.
- Based on the Monetary and Financial Statistics Manual and Compilation Guide (MFSMCG).
- Core coverage:
  - 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.
    - Balance sheet approach to vulnerability analysis.
    - Relationships between monetary, balance of payments, government finance, and national accounts statistics.
- Teaching methods:
  - Lectures and case studies to familiarize participants with practical aspects of compiling monetary statistics for OFCs and the basic principles underlying the compilation of national accounts.
- Participant deliverable:
  - At the end of the course, participants are expected to make a short presentation on monetary statistics compilation issues in their own countries.

### Learning objectives
Upon completion of the 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.

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## References

- [In-person Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods)
- [Core Elements of Banking Supervision (CBS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2027/cbsat27-10)
- [Advanced Government Finance Statistics (GFS-A)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/gfs-ace26-45)
- [Fiscal Sustainability (FS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/fsce26-38)
- [Safeguards Assessments of Central Banks (SAC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2026/sacat26-30)
- [Macroeconomic Management in Resource Rich Countries (MRC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/mrcce26-44)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2024/mfs-aat24-16_