## Virtual : Financial Sector Surveillance

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**Canonical URL:** [Virtual : Financial Sector Surveillance](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ct/2020/fssct20-07v)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: CT 20.07V
- Location: Beijing, China
- Dates: November 23, 2020 - December 2, 2020 (2 weeks)
- Primary language: English
- Interpretation language: Chinese

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### Target audience and qualifications
- Target Audience:
  - Junior to mid-level government officials tasked with surveillance of the financial sector, especially staff of the central bank, financial regulators, and other agencies that engage in macroprudential oversight.
- Qualifications:
  - Expected to have a degree in economics or finance, preferably at the master’s level, or equivalent work experience.
  - Good quantitative skills.
  - Proficiency in the use of computers to analyze data.
  - Recommended to have completed the online Financial Market Analysis (FMAx) course.
  - Familiarity with the basics of Microsoft Excel is important because the workshop uses Microsoft Excel worksheets.
  - The course will be conducted in English.

### Course description
- Presented by the Institute for Capacity Development.
- Introduces key concepts and tools used in the identification and assessment of financial sector vulnerabilities and sources of strength.
- Provides a basic toolkit to assess financial sector risks and measure them against existing capital and liquidity buffers in the financial system.
- Focuses on:
  - Early identification of macro-financial imbalances.
  - Analysis of the transmission of financial distress across institutions, markets, and economic sectors.
- Objective: reduce the likelihood and the severity of financial crises.

### Course objectives (learning outcomes)
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Measure the main risks facing banks (e.g., credit, market, funding), from a systemic financial stability perspective.
- Design and perform basic stress tests of solvency and liquidity and interpret the results.
- Assess macro-financial linkages, along with potential amplification mechanisms.
- Track the buildup of systemic risk and vulnerabilities associated with credit, leverage, balance sheet mismatches, and interconnectedness.

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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/2020/fssct20-07v_