Financial Soundness Indicators (FSIx)
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- Session: OL 26.152
- Location: Course conducted online
- Dates: May 1, 2026 - April 15, 2027 (50 weeks)
- Delivery method: Online Training
- Primary language: English
- Interpretation language: Spanish
- Status: Apply online by April 1, 2027
Program overview
- Training Program offered by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Financial Soundness Indicators.
- Session No.: OL 26.152.
- Location: Course conducted online.
- Date: May 1, 2026 - April 15, 2027 (50 weeks).
- Delivery Method: Online Training.
- Primary Language: English.
- Interpretation Language: Spanish.
Course description
- Introduces the underlying concepts, definitions, and methodology for the compilation of Financial Soundness Indicators (FSIs) aligned with the 2019 Financial Soundness Indicators Compilation Guide.
- Explains how researchers, analysts, and policymakers use FSIs to monitor the soundness of financial systems.
- Describes IMF use of FSIs for financial stability analysis and surveillance.
- Teaches use of FSIs for surveillance and macro-financial analysis.
- Covers concepts behind FSIs compilation, the data collection process, and the underlying aggregation and consolidation methods.
- Covers how to apply core and additional FSIs in macro-financial analysis.
Course objectives
- Define the key concepts of the FSIs.
- Assess the conceptual framework for FSIs, including the regulatory capital, leverage and liquidity concepts.
- Review the data preparation process for FSIs compilation and apply the recommended aggregation and consolidation methods.
- Evaluate the core and additional FSIs and explain the application of each in macro-financial analysis.
- Identify the source data and specify the FSIs for other financial corporations, households, nonfinancial corporations, and real estate markets.
Target audience and qualifications
- Target Audience: Officials from central banks and supervisory agencies of the financial sector working or intending to work in the compilation or analysis of financial soundness indicators (FSIs).
- Qualifications: Participants are expected to have a degree in economics, statistics, finance, accounting or an equivalent degree.
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