## National Accounts Statistics (NASx)

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [National Accounts Statistics (NASx)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2023/nasxol23-237)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: OL 23.237
- Location: Course conducted online
- Dates: September 1, 2023 - April 15, 2024 (32 weeks)
- Delivery method: Online Training
- Primary language: French
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Training program overview
- Training Program: National Accounts Statistics
- Session No.: OL 23.237
- Location: Course conducted online
- Date: September 1, 2023 - April 15, 2024 (32 weeks)
- Delivery Method: Online Training
- Primary Language: French
- Deadline: Deadline passed
- Presenting institution: Statistics Department, International Monetary Fund

### Target audience and qualifications
- Target Audience:
  - Anyone interested in learning how to compile and disseminate national accounts statistics according to the System of National Accounts and using them for macroeconomic analyses.
- Qualifications:
  - Some knowledge of economics and statistics or equivalent experience is helpful.
  - Access to a computer with a reliable Internet connection and a Google Chrome web browser are essential.

### Course description
- Purpose:
  - Teaches how to compile timely, high quality national accounts statistics based on the system of national accounts (SNA) framework.
- Topics covered:
  - The sequence of national accounts, the accounting rules, and the key macroeconomic indicators in the SNA framework.
  - Gross domestic product (GDP) as the main aggregate of the system.
  - How to compile consistent and internationally comparable measures of GDP according to the production, income, and expenditure approaches.
  - How the SNA can be used to track an economy's production, consumption, and income.
  - How to estimate volume measures of GDP.

### Course objectives
Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:
- Describe the system of national accounts framework, understand the sequence of accounts and their interrelationships, and identify the key macroeconomic indicators
- Explain key national accounts concepts, accounting rules, and methods.
- Define the components of gross domestic product (GDP) from the production approach. Apply the concepts, accounting rules, methods, and data sources necessary to estimate GDP from the production approach.
- Define the components of GDP from the expenditure approach. Apply the concepts, accounting rules, methods, and data sources necessary to estimate GDP from the expenditure approach.
- Define the components of GDP from the income approach. Apply the concepts, accounting rules, methods and data sources necessary to estimate GDP from the income approach.
- Define and explain how to compile volume estimates of GDP from both the production and expenditure perspective.

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## References

- [Online Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods)
- [Executive Training 2 on Fiscal Policy Considerations (FPA)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/fpcce26-16)
- [Institutional Sector Accounts-Advanced - Blended (ISA-A)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/hq/2027/isa-ahq27-02)
- [Core Elements of Banking Supervision (CBS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2027/cbsat27-10)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2023/nasxol23-237_