Monetary and Financial Statistics (MFSX)

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Session No.: OL 26.109
Deadline passed
Location: Course conducted online
Date: April 20, 2026 - August 31, 2026 (18 weeks)
Delivery Method: Online Training
Primary Language: Arabic
Target Audience:
- Officials from central banks and/or financial regulatory institutions involved or interested in understanding in MFS compilation and analysis.
Qualifications and technical requirements:
- Some knowledge of economics and statistics or equivalent experience is helpful.
- Access to a computer with a reliable Internet connection and a Google Chrome web browser are essential.

Foundation-level course offered by the Statistics Department for compilers and users of monetary and financial statistics (MFS).
Methodological basis:
- Covers principles and concepts underlying the methodology for the collection, compilation, and analytical presentation of monetary statistics as set out in the 2016 Monetary and Financial Statistics Manual and Compilation Guide (MFSMCG).
Fundamental building blocks addressed:
- Institutional units and sectors.
- Residency and economic territory.
- Characteristics of financial assets and liabilities.
Accounting and recording:
- Explains accounting rules for compiling MFS, including time of recording and valuation principles.
Compilation mechanics:
- Shows how information extracted from accounting records of financial corporations (central bank, other depository corporations and other financial corporations) is transformed into sectoral balance sheets using the established framework.
- Demonstrates how sectoral balance sheets are the cornerstone for analytical presentations of monetary statistics.
Key aggregates and indicators:
- Compilation process for money and liquidity aggregates.
- Compilation of domestic credit and other relevant indicators.
- Significance of these aggregates and indicators in macroeconomic analysis and policy formulation.

Upon completion, participants will be able to understand:

The scope and use of MFS, including the source data for monetary statistics and the compilation process.
The foundational building blocks of MFS, including the concepts of residency, economic territory, and institutional sectors, as well as the characteristics of different categories of financial assets and liabilities.
The accounting rules for the compilation of MFS, including time of recording and valuation principles.
The different measures of money supply and other key aggregates, as well as their compilation methods from sectoral balance sheets of financial corporations.
The structure and components of central bank, other depository corporations, and other financial corporations sectoral balance sheets and how to link them to the compilation of the analytical surveys.