## Financial Soundness Indicators (FSIx)

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [Financial Soundness Indicators (FSIx)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2025/fsixol25-164)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: OL 25.164
- Location: Course conducted online
- Dates: May 1, 2025 - April 15, 2026 (50 weeks)
- Delivery method: Online Training
- Primary language: French
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Program overview
- Training program presented by the Statistics Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- Focus: underlying concepts, definitions, and methodology for the compilation of Financial Soundness Indicators (FSIs) aligned with the 2019 Financial Soundness Indicators Compilation Guide (2019 FSI Guide).
- Historical note: FSIs were developed by the IMF in the late 1990 s and currently more than 150 countries compile and report FSIs to the IMF.
- Applications emphasized: surveillance, macroprudential analysis, and IMF financial stability analysis and surveillance.

### Target audience and qualifications
- Target audience: Officials at central banks and supervisory agencies of the financial sector involved in the collection, compilation, and analysis of FSIs.
- Qualifications:
  - Expected academic background: degree in economics, statistics, finance or accounting, or equivalent experience.
  - Technical requirements: access to a computer with a reliable Internet connection and a Google Chrome web browser.

### Logistics and delivery
- Session No.: OL 25.164
- Delivery Method: Online Training
- Location: Course conducted online
- Primary Language: French
- Date: May 1, 2025 - April 15, 2026 (50 weeks)
- Registration status: Deadline passed

### Course content and pedagogy
- Core topics:
  - History and application of FSIs in surveillance and macroprudential analysis.
  - Conceptual framework for FSIs, including application of regulatory capital, leverage, and liquidity concepts used in FSI compilation.
  - Data collection process for FSI compilation and underlying aggregation and consolidation methodologies.
  - Application of core and additional FSIs in macroprudential analysis.
  - Source data identification and specification of FSIs for non-deposit takers and their application in macroprudential analysis.

### Course objectives (upon completion)
- Define the key concepts of the FSIs and their application in surveillance and macroprudential analysis.
- Define the conceptual framework including application of the regulatory capital, leverage and liquidity concepts used in FSI compilation.
- Describe the data preparation process for FSI compilation and apply the recommended aggregation and consolidation methodologies.
- Specify each of the Core and Additional FSIs for deposit-takers and explain the application of each in macroprudential analysis.
- Identify the source data and specify the FSIs for non-deposit takers and explain their application in macroprudential analysis.

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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/2025/fsixol25-164_