## Financial Soundness Indicators

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [Financial Soundness Indicators](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/jv/2024/fsijv24-44)

## Other formats

- [Markdown version](/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/jv/2024/fsijv24-44/index.md)
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## Bibliographic details
- Session: JV 24.44
- Location: Vienna, Austria
- Dates: August 5-9, 2024 (1 week)
- Delivery method: Blended Training
- Primary language: English
- Interpretation language: Russian
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Target audience and qualifications
- Target audience: Officials at central banks and supervisory agencies for the financial sector who are 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 and scope
- Purpose: Acquaints participants with the fundamentals of compiling and using FSIs in support of macroprudential analysis.
- Methodology basis: Covers 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 approach using hands-on exercises.
  - Emphasis on practical compilation and application for macro-financial surveillance.
- Main topical areas:
  - 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; and
  - Overview of key points and changes in the 2019 FSI Guide.

### Asynchronous component — July 1–15, 2024
- Structure:
  - Comprises five modules focusing on conceptual issues.
  - Modules will be made available to participants at least five days before the start of the synchronous classes.
  - Supplemented with assigned readings and references.
- Assessment:
  - Participants will be required to take a pre-course quiz.
  - Successful completion (i.e., a passing grade) will not be a pre-requisite for participating in the synchronous component.
  - Quiz results will be used by instructors to determine participant knowledge.

### Synchronous component — August 5–9, 2024
- Focus: Practical compilation issues and topics requiring instructor input and feedback.
- Formats:
  - Lectures in 30-minute to 45-minute slots, developed from existing lecture presentations and scripts prepared for the online course.
  - Question and answer sessions.
  - Practical workshop exercises.
- Participant engagement:
  - Presentations followed by brief exercises or question-answer sessions.
  - Participants invited to present case studies of practical problems or proposed solutions (issues could relate to source data or compilation).
  - Participants invited to respond to practice questions in discussion forums; workshop will discuss responses and correct answers.

### Course objectives
- Upon completion, participants should be able to:
  - 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 concepts acquired on accounting principles and regulatory framework for deposit takers.
  - Interpret FSIs for macro-financial surveillance.

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## References

- [Blended 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/2024/fsijv24-44_