Financial Programming and Policies, Part 1: Macroeconomic Accounts and Analysis

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Some knowledge of economics is helpful.
Basic Microsoft Excel skills are required.
Access to a computer with a reliable Internet connection and a Google Chrome web browser is essential.

All government officials are welcome to register.
Particularly relevant for officials in ministries of finance, economy, planning and central banks who advise on or help implement macroeconomic and financial policies.

Presented by the Institute for Capacity Development.
Explains the basic skills required to conduct financial programming.
Presents the principal features of the accounts of the four main sectors that comprise the macroeconomy: real, fiscal, external, and monetary.
Explains how the accounts of these sectors relate to each other.
For each sector, presents the accounting framework, interpretations of variables and indicators from these accounts, and basic analysis of the accounts.

Calculate economic variables using macroeconomic accounting principles.
Interpret the accounts of the real, fiscal, external, and monetary sectors that comprise the macroeconomy.
Describe the accounting and behavioral links between the macroeconomic accounts.
Analyze economic and financial developments of a case study country using a hands-on, Excel-based framework.