## Compilation Basics for Macroeconomic Statistics (CBMSx)

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**Canonical URL:** [Compilation Basics for Macroeconomic Statistics (CBMSx)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2024/cbmsxol24-133)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: OL 24.133
- Location: Course conducted online
- Dates: May 1, 2024 - April 15, 2025 (50 weeks)
- Delivery method: Online Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Target audience and qualifications
- Target audience:
  - Officials who compile macroeconomic and financial statistics in national statistical organizations, ministries of finance, economy, or planning, or in central banks.
- Qualifications:
  - Some knowledge of economics and statistics is helpful.
  - Access to a computer with a reliable Internet connection and a Google Chrome web browser and basic Microsoft Excel skills are essential.

### Course description
- Presented by the Statistics Department.
- Reviews the basic skills, concepts, and principles required to compile and disseminate macroeconomic and financial statistics.
- Topics covered include:
  - residence
  - institutional units
  - institutional sectors
  - accounting rules
  - financial instruments
  - stocks and flows
  - the IMF’s Data Standards Initiatives
  - basic macroeconomic linkages among these statistics

### Course objectives
Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:
- Differentiate institutional units and sectors.
- Apply the concept of residence.
- Record stocks and flows in an integrated manner.
- Apply appropriate accounting rules.
- Classify financial instruments.
- Summarize the requirements and recommendations of the IMF’s Data Standards Initiatives.
- Evaluate macroeconomic inter-linkages.

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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/2024/cbmsxol24-133_