Compilation Basics for Macroeconomic Statistics (CBMSx)
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- Session: OL 26.110
- Location: Course conducted online
- Dates: May 1, 2026 - April 15, 2027 (50 weeks)
- Delivery method: Online Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Apply online by April 1, 2027 Deadline extended
Course logistics and identifiers
- Session No.: OL 26.110
- Location: Course conducted online
- Date: May 1, 2026 - April 15, 2027 (50 weeks)
- Delivery Method: Online Training
- Primary Language: English
Target audience and qualifications
- Target audience:
- Officials who compile macroeconomic and financial statistics in national statistical organizations, ministries of finance, economy, or planning, or in central banks.
- Qualifications:
- Some knowledge of economics and statistics is helpful.
- Access to a computer with a reliable Internet connection and a Google Chrome web browser and basic Microsoft Excel skills are essential.
Course description
- Presented by the Statistics Department.
- Reviews the basic skills, concepts, and principles required to compile and disseminate macroeconomic and financial statistics.
- Topics covered include:
- residence,
- institutional units,
- institutional sectors,
- accounting rules,
- financial instruments,
- stocks and flows,
- the IMF's Data Standards Initiatives,
- basic macroeconomic linkages among these statistics.
Course objectives
Upon completion of the course, using the basic concepts and principles in the compilation and dissemination of macroeconomic and financial statistics, participants should be able to:
- Differentiate institutional units and sectors.
- Apply the concept of residence.
- Record stocks and flows in an integrated manner.
- Apply appropriate accounting rules.
- Classify financial instruments.
- Summarize the requirements and recommendations of the IMF's Data Standards Initiatives.
- Evaluate macroeconomic inter-linkages.