## Institutional Sector Accounts

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [Institutional Sector Accounts](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2025/isaxol25-236)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: OL 25.236
- Location: Course conducted online
- Dates: August 13, 2025 - April 15, 2026 (35 weeks)
- Delivery method: Online Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Target audience, qualifications, and pre-requisites
- Target Audience:
  - This course is ideal for officials globally who are interested in learning how to compile institutional sector accounts or in 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 logistics and delivery
- Session No.: OL 25.236
- Location: Course conducted online
- Date: August 13, 2025 - April 15, 2026 (35 weeks)
- Delivery Method: Online Training
- Primary Language: English
- Status: Deadline passed

### Course description
- This course, presented by presented by the Institute for Capacity Development and the Statistics Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), offers a detailed overview of the compilation of institutional sector accounts based on the System of National Accounts (SNA) framework.
- Participants will gain an understanding of:
  - Fundamental concepts, methodologies, and significance of institutional sector accounts in analyzing economic phenomenon.
  - The system of national accounts framework, the accounting principles, and the key macroeconomic aggregates that underpin the framework.
  - How the SNA tracks production and income across different sectors of the economy.
  - How to compile transactions and positions in both financial and nonfinancial assets, and liabilities.
  - How to classify and record changes in assets and liabilities.
- Outcome:
  - By the end of this course, participants will be better equipped to contribute to informed economic decision-making, enhancing their expertise in this critical area of economic analysis.

### Course objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- 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)
- [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/2025/isaxol25-236_