## Quarterly National Accounts/High Frequency Indicators of Economic Activity

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**Canonical URL:** [Quarterly National Accounts/High Frequency Indicators of Economic Activity](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2024/qnaxol24-210)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: OL 24.210
- Location: Course conducted online
- Dates: June 1, 2024 - April 15, 2025 (45 weeks)
- Delivery method: Online Training
- Primary language: Spanish
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Session and Logistics
- Session No.: OL 24.210
- Location: Course conducted online
- Date: June 1, 2024 - April 15, 2025 (45 weeks)
- Delivery Method: Online Training
- Primary Language: Spanish
- Deadline: Deadline passed

### Qualifications and Technical Requirements
- 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.

### Target Audience
- The course is introductory and designed for anyone interested in learning how to compile and disseminate Quarterly National Accounts (QNA) and High-Frequency Indicators of Economic Activity (HFIEAs), according to the recommendations of the System of National Accounts.
- The course targets users who wish to use high-frequency data to analyze current economic developments.

### Course Description: Scope and Content
- The course is presented by the Statistics Department.
- Teaches how to compile timely and high-quality Quarterly National Accounts (QNA) and High-Frequency Indicators of Economic Activity (HFIEAs).
- Presents the concepts, data sources, and compilation techniques needed for producing QNA and HFIEAs, covering both theoretical and practical compilation issues.
- Introduces benchmarking and seasonal adjustment techniques, as well as volume estimates, and explains the application of these techniques to time series data.
- Discusses how to identify and assess available data sources, use real-time series databases to assess quality, and implement a suitable revisions policy for compiling QNA and HFIEAs.

### Course Objectives
Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:
- Recognize the role, scope, uses, and compilation frameworks for QNA and HFIEAs.
- Review available data sources for compiling QNA and HFIEAs.
- Explain the use of volume measures and the basic relation between value, quantity, and price—expanding on how to detect and address issues such as the need for updated weights; and recognizing the loss of additivity for chain-linked volume estimates.
- Apply basic techniques for compiling benchmarked series and filling data gaps.
- Apply basic seasonal adjustment techniques to time series, based on good seasonal adjustment practices.
- Describe a balanced revisions policy taking into consideration how a related real-time database can be used to assess the reliability of the QNA and HFIEA estimates.

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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)
- [Macroeconomic Management in Resource Rich Countries (MRC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/mrcce26-44)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2024/qnaxol24-210_