## Financial Programming and Policies (FPP)

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**Canonical URL:** [Financial Programming and Policies (FPP)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ct/2019/fppct19-13)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: CT 19.13
- Location: Shenzhen, China
- Dates: December 2-13, 2019 (2 weeks)
- Primary language: English
- Interpretation language: Chinese

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### Qualifications and preparatory recommendations
- Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or equivalent experience, and be proficient in the use of spreadsheets.
- It is strongly recommended that applicants complete the online FPP courses (FPP.1 x and FFP.2 x) before enrolling in this course.

### Course description
- The course is presented by the IMF Institute for Capacity Development.
- The course explains how to diagnose macroeconomic imbalances and correct them through a coordinated set of adjustment policies.
- Coverage includes the principal features of the four main macroeconomic sectors:
  - Real
  - Fiscal
  - External
  - Monetary
- Emphasis on interlinkages across sectors, highlighting both accounting and behavioral relationships and using data from a country case study.

### Course objectives
- Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:
  - Analyze economic and financial developments of a country in the region using historical data and a hands-on, Excel-based framework.
  - Create consistent one-year macroeconomic projections on the assumption that policies do not change.
  - Identify economic vulnerabilities and risks in a baseline scenario and policy measures to address them.
  - Prepare an adjustment scenario that reflects the policy measures and their macroeconomic impact.
  - Identify further policy goals and measures beyond the one-year horizon that will be incorporated into a medium-term framework.

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## References

- [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)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ct/2019/fppct19-13_