## Financial Programming and Policies, Part 1: Macroeconomic Accounts & Analysis

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**Canonical URL:** [Financial Programming and Policies, Part 1: Macroeconomic Accounts & Analysis](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2023/fpp-1xol23-11)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: OL 23.11
- Location: Course conducted online
- Dates: May 15, 2023 - April 15, 2024 (50 weeks)
- Delivery method: Online Training
- Primary language: Arabic
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Target audience
- All government officials are welcome to register.
- Particularly relevant for officials in:
  - ministries of finance,
  - ministries of economy,
  - ministries of planning,
  - central banks
- Users who advise on or help implement macroeconomic and financial policies.

### Qualifications and technical requirements
- Some knowledge of economics is helpful.
- Basic Microsoft Excel skills are helpful.
- Access to a computer with a reliable Internet connection is essential.
- Google Chrome web browser is essential.

### Course description
- The online course is presented by the Institute for Capacity Development.
- The course explains:
  - the basic skills required to conduct financial programming;
  - the principal features of the accounts of the four main sectors that comprise the macroeconomy (real, fiscal, external, and monetary);
  - how these sectoral accounts relate to each other.
- For each sector the course presents:
  - the accounting framework;
  - interpretations of variables and indicators from these accounts;
  - basic analysis of the accounts.

### Course objectives
- Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
  - Calculate economic variables using macroeconomic accounting principles.
  - Interpret the accounts of the real, fiscal, external, and monetary sectors that comprise the macroeconomy.
  - Describe the accounting and behavioral links between the macroeconomic accounts.
  - Analyze economic and financial developments of a case study country using a hands-on, Excel-based framework.

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## References

- [Online 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/ol/2023/fpp-1xol23-11_