## Nowcasting (NWC)

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**Canonical URL:** [Nowcasting (NWC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ct/2026/nwcct26-14)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: CT 26.14
- Location: Dalian, China
- Dates: August 17-21, 2026 (1 week)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Target audience and qualifications
- Target Audience: Junior and middle-level officials from ministries of finance, central banks, and other interested public institutions.  
- Qualifications: Participants are expected to have an advanced degree in economics or equivalent experience, a basic understanding of time-series econometrics and be comfortable using EViews (econometric software package).

### Course description
- The course provides participants with cutting-edge nowcasting tools that familiarize them with the concepts and methods to incorporate high-frequency economic indicators into the forecasting process, while integrating this training into technical assistance on data compilation and dissemination.  
- Each topic is complemented by hands-on workshops and assignments designed to illuminate the steps required to formulate a nowcasting model and generate a nowcast.

### Course objectives
- Understand and be proficient in the techniques required to manage time-series data in EViews, estimate an OLS regression, and calculate its associated forecasts in EViews.  
- Formulate nowcasting models using several approaches (such as Bridge, MIDAS, and U-MIDAS estimators, etc.) and appropriate high-frequency indicators.  
- Generate nowcasts from various models and evaluate their accuracy using several forecasting performance indicators.  
- Apply the nowcasting tools to their own country data and interpret the nowcast appropriately in policymaking settings.

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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/ct/2026/nwcct26-14_