## 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-1xol26-141)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: OL 26.141
- 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

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### Overview
- Session No.: OL 26.141.
- Course conducted online.
- Date: May 1, 2026 - April 15, 2027 (50 weeks).
- Delivery Method: Online Training.
- Presented by the Institute for Capacity Development.

### Target audience and qualifications
- 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.
- Qualifications:
  - Some knowledge of economics is helpful.
  - Basic Microsoft Excel skills and access to a computer with a reliable Internet connection and a Google Chrome web browser are essential.

### Course content and learning objectives
- Course Description:
  - 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.
  - Shows how the four sector accounts 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.
- Upon completion, participants should be able to:
  - 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.

### Language and accessibility
- Primary Language: English.
- Course is offered in English, French, Spanish, Russian, and Arabic.

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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=OL26.141E)
- [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-1xol26-141_