## Financial Programming and Policies, Part 1: Macroeconomic Accounts & Analysis (FPP.1x)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: OL 26.142
- Location: Course conducted online
- Dates: May 1, 2026 - April 15, 2027 (50 weeks)
- Delivery method: Online Training
- Primary language: Spanish
- Status: Apply online by April 1, 2027

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### Program overview
- Training Program: Financial Programming and Policies, Part 1: Macroeconomic Accounts & Analysis (FPP.1 x)
- Session No.: OL 26.142
- Location: Course conducted online
- Date: May 1, 2026 - April 15, 2027 (50 weeks)
- Delivery Method: Online Training
- Primary Language: Spanish

### Target audience and qualifications
- Target Audience:
  - 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 are essential.

### Course description
- The course explains the basic skills required to conduct financial programming.
- It presents the principal features of the accounts of the four main sectors that comprise the macroeconomy: real, fiscal, external, and monetary.
- For each sector, the course presents:
  - the accounting framework,
  - interpretations of variables and indicators from these accounts,
  - basic analysis of the accounts.

### Course objectives
Upon completion of this course, 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.

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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=OL26.142S)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2026/fpp-1xol26-142_