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

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**Canonical URL:** [Financial Programming and Policies, Part 1: Macroeconomic Accounts and Analysis](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2026/fpp-1xol26-140)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: OL 26.140
- Location: Course conducted online
- Dates: May 1, 2026 - April 15, 2027 (50 weeks)
- Delivery method: Online Training
- Primary language: Arabic
- Status: Apply online by April 1, 2027

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### Logistics and Delivery
- Session No.: OL 26.140
- Location: Course conducted online
- Date: May 1, 2026 - April 15, 2027 (50 weeks)
- Delivery Method: Online Training
- Primary Language: Arabic
- Course offered in English, French, Spanish, Russian, and Arabic

### Qualifications and Technical Requirements
- 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.

### Target Audience
- 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.

### Course Description
- 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.

### Course Objectives
- 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.

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## References

- [Online Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods)
- [Apply Now](https://www-ins.imf.org/TAS/signon.aspx?pkey=OL26.140A)
- [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/2026/fpp-1xol26-140_