Financial Sector Policies
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- Session: CT 26.03
- Location: Shenzhen, China
- Dates: March 23-27, 2026 (1 week)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed
Target audience
- Junior to senior government officials engaged in setting policy for the financial sector, particularly the staff of central banks, financial regulators, and any other agencies involved in micro- or macroprudential oversight.
Session logistics
- Session No.: CT 26.03
- Location: Shenzhen, China
- Date: March 23-27, 2026 (1 week) New dates
- Delivery Method: In-person Training
- Primary Language: English
- Deadline passed
Qualifications and prerequisites
- Expected qualifications:
- An advanced degree in economics or finance, or equivalent work experience.
- A basic understanding of econometrics and the ability to interpret econometric results.
- Strong recommendations:
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
- Preferable to have taken the Financial Sector Surveillance (FSS) course because understanding and assessing financial sector risks is important to the design of mitigating policies.
Course description
- Overview of financial risks and transmission channels:
- How financial risks are transmitted within and between the financial system and the real sector.
- Policy design and impact:
- Examination of the design and impact of financial sector policies to mitigate assessed vulnerabilities.
- Rationale for micro-prudential and macroprudential policies.
- Discussion of interactions between macroeconomic and macro-prudential policies.
- Preventive and crisis management focus:
- Emphasis on preventive strategies.
- Discussion of policies to manage situations of financial distress and contingency planning.
- Pedagogy:
- Combination of lectures, case studies, and hands-on workshops to discuss and experiment with various policies and gauge intended and unintended outcomes.
- Note on scope:
- Those primarily interested in risk assessment are referred to the Financial Sector Surveillance course, where the focus is primarily quantitative.
Course objectives (learning outcomes)
- Identify channels through which shocks are transmitted between the financial sector and the real economy, and within and between financial systems.
- Analyze relevant micro- and macroprudential policies, how they are likely to interact with other policies, and any possible unintended consequences.
- Recommend macroprudential tools to prevent and mitigate systemic risk and identify likely specific implementation challenges.
- Assess the effectiveness of micro-prudential and macroprudential policies.
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