## Institutional Sector Accounts

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [Institutional Sector Accounts](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2025/isaxol25-06)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: OL 25.06
- Location: Course conducted online
- Dates: April 3, 2025 - July 10, 2025 (1 week)
- Delivery method: Online Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Training overview
- Title: Institutional Sector Accounts (ISAx)
- Session No.: OL 25.06
- Delivery Method: Online Training
- Location: Course conducted online
- Date: April 3, 2025 - July 10, 2025 (1 week)
- Primary Language: English
- Presented by the Institute for Capacity Development and the Statistics Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)

### Target audience and entry requirements
- Target Audience:
  - Officials globally interested in compiling institutional sector accounts or using the statistics for macroeconomic analysis.
- 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.
- Pre-requisites:
  - Completion of the National Accounts Statistics (NASx) online course is recommended.

### Course description and scope
- Purpose:
  - Offers a detailed overview of the compilation of institutional sector accounts based on the System of National Accounts (SNA) framework.
  - Equips participants to contribute to informed economic decision-making by enhancing expertise in institutional sector accounts.
- Core topics covered:
  - The System of National Accounts framework, accounting principles, and key macroeconomic aggregates that underpin the framework.
  - Institutional sectors and classification of institutional units to sectors.
  - How the SNA tracks production and income across different sectors of the economy.
  - Compilation of transactions and positions in both financial and nonfinancial assets and liabilities.
  - Classification and recording of changes in assets and liabilities.
  - Emphasis on data sources, compilation methods, and measurement issues for non-financial and financial stocks and flows.
  - Explanation of the FWTW framework and its analytical uses.

### Learning objectives (upon completion)
- Describe the System of National Accounts framework, the main accounts and their balancing items.
- Identify the main institutional sectors and classify institutional units to sectors.
- Define the main accounts of the SNA framework, their relevance, and their balancing items / key macroeconomic aggregates.
- Outline the stocks and flows of non-financial assets, compilation methods and key data sources.
- Outline the main financial instruments and explain the data sources, and compilation methods, and measurement issues to consider in deriving financial stocks and flows in financial assets and liabilities.
- Explain the FWTW framework and outline the analytical uses of the framework.

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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/isaxol25-06_