## Financial Soundness Indicators

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [Financial Soundness Indicators](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/hq/2023/fsihq23-04)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: HQ 23.04
- Location: Washington, D.C., United States
- Dates: November 6-17, 2023 (2 weeks)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Target audience and qualifications
- Target audience: Officials at central banks and supervisory agencies for the financial sector involved in the collection, compilation, and analysis of financial soundness indicators (FSIs).
- Qualifications: Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or statistics, or equivalent experience.

### Course description
- Presented by: Statistics Department.
- Purpose: Acquaints participants with the fundamentals of compiling and using FSIs in support of macroprudential analysis.
- Methodology covered: Methodological and technical issues in the construction of FSIs as discussed in the 2019 Financial Soundness Indicators Compilation Guide (2019 FSI Guide).
- Instructional approach: Interactive, using hands-on exercises.
- Main topics:
  - Preparation of the sectoral financial statements and compilation of FSIs for deposit takers.
  - Regulatory framework for deposit takers.
  - Accounting principles and data consolidation for the compilation of FSIs for deposit takers.
  - Overview of key points and changes in the 2019 FSI Guide.

### Course objectives
- Prepare the sectoral financial statements and compile FSIs for deposit takers in accordance with the methodology of the 2019 FSI Guide.
- Prepare or update FSI metadata using the concepts acquired on accounting principles and regulatory framework for deposit takers.
- Interpret FSIs for macro-financial surveillance.

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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/hq/2023/fsihq23-04_