## Virtual : Macroeconomic Diagnostics (MDS)

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**Canonical URL:** [Virtual : Macroeconomic Diagnostics (MDS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ct/2022/mdsct22-13v)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: CT 22.13V
- Location: Beijing, China
- Dates: August 22, 2022 - September 2, 2022 (2 weeks)
- Delivery method: Virtual Training
- Primary language: Chinese

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### Invitation / Course logistics
- Session No.: CT 22.13 V
- Location: Beijing, China
- Date: August 22, 2022 - September 2, 2022 (2 weeks)
- Delivery Method: Virtual Training
- Primary Language: Chinese
- Presented by the Institute for Capacity Development

### Target audience
- Mid-level to senior officials in central banks and ministries of finance or economy who are directly involved in diagnosing the state of the macroeconomy and making projections.

### Qualifications and prerequisites
- Expected qualifications:
  - An advanced degree in economics or equivalent experience
  - Good quantitative skills
  - Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Excel
- Strong recommendation:
  - Applicants are strongly recommended to have completed the online Financial Programming and Policies, Part 1: Macroeconomic Accounts and Analysis (FPP.1 x) or the online Macroeconomic Diagnostics (MDSx) course.

### Course description
- Designed to strengthen participants’ ability to comprehensively assess a country’s macroeconomic situation, including:
  - the current state of the economy
  - the stance of fiscal and monetary policy
  - financial stability
  - exchange rate misalignments
  - vulnerabilities in the different sectors
  - the medium-term outlook, especially the sustainability of public and external debt
- Emphasis:
  - Practical tools for day-to-day macroeconomic analysis
  - Reliance on case studies relevant to the region where the course is given to illustrate application of tools and contribution to the policymaking process

### Course objectives
- Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
  - Analyze potential output, calculate output gaps, and diagnose the outlook for the economy.
  - Assess the stance of current fiscal, monetary, exchange rate, and financial policies.
  - Assess macro-financial linkages, including through the analysis of financial sector soundness indicators.
  - Assess the medium-term prospects of the economy, especially the sustainability of public and external debt.
  - Identify possible external and internal economic risks and vulnerabilities to economic growth, and develop policies to address them.

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## References

- [Virtual 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)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ct/2022/mdsct22-13v_