## Virtual : Monetary and Financial Statistics - Advanced (MFS-A)

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**Canonical URL:** [Virtual : Monetary and Financial Statistics - Advanced (MFS-A)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/jv/2022/mfs-ajv22-08v)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: JV 22.08V
- Location: Vienna, Austria
- Dates: March 21-24, 2022 (1 week)
- Delivery method: Virtual Training
- Primary language: English
- Interpretation language: Russian
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Target audience and qualifications
- Target audience: Central bank officials and officials from regulatory agencies responsible for compiling monetary statistics.
- Qualifications:
  - Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or statistics, or equivalent experience.
  - Previous completion of the Monetary and Financial Statistics - Introductory (MFS-I) course in person or virtual is recommended.

### Course description — scope and contents
- Basis: Course material is based on the Monetary and Financial Statistics Manual and Compilation Guide (MFSMCG).
- Orientation:
  - Introduces the fundamentals of compiling monetary statistics, with special attention to other financial corporations (OFCs).
  - Gives an overview of financial statistics and national accounts.
  - Assumes participants already understand the main principles underlying the compilation of monetary statistics (e.g., having participated in the MFS-I course).
- Core topics:
  - Characteristics of various OFCs (insurance corporations, pension funds, non-MMF investment funds, etc.).
  - Typical balance sheet structure of OFCs and their role in the financial sector.
  - Some aspects of financial statistics, dealing with financial flows and stocks of all sectors of the domestic economy and their interactions with the rest of the world.
  - The balance sheet approach to vulnerability analysis.
  - Relationships between monetary, balance of payments, government finance, and national accounts statistics.
- Methods and practical work:
  - Lectures and case studies to familiarize participants with practical aspects of compiling monetary statistics for OFCs and basic principles underlying the compilation of national accounts.
  - At the end of the course, participants are expected to make a short presentation on monetary statistics compilation issues in their own countries.

### Course objectives
- Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
  - Describe the role of OFCs in the financial sector and the related implications of data collection for monetary statistics purposes.
  - Distinguish between different types of OFCs.
  - Compile OFC monetary statistics according to IMF standardized report form 4 SR for OFCs.
  - Apply the main principles of financial statistics and national accounts.

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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/jv/2022/mfs-ajv22-08v_