Financial Programming and Policies, Part 1: Macroeconomic Accounts & Analysis (FPP.1x)

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Some knowledge of economics is helpful.
Basic Microsoft Excel skills and access to a computer with a reliable Internet connection and a Google Chrome web browser are essential.

All government officials are welcome to register.
Particularly relevant for officials in:
- Ministries of finance
- Ministries of economy or planning
- Central banks
Relevant roles: officials who advise on or help implement macroeconomic and financial policies.
Course language availability: offered in English, French, Spanish, Russian, and Arabic.

Provider: Institute for Capacity Development.
Purpose: Explains basic skills required to conduct financial programming.
Coverage:
- 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 accounting framework, interpretations of variables and indicators from these accounts, and basic analysis of the accounts.

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.