Monetary and Financial Statistics

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Session No.: OL 26.180
Location: Course conducted online
Date: May 1, 2026 - April 15, 2027 (50 weeks)
Delivery Method: Online Training
Primary Language: Spanish
Target Audience: Officials from central banks and/or financial regulatory institutions involved or interested in understanding MFS compilation and analysis.
Qualifications: Some knowledge of economics and statistics or equivalent experience is helpful.

Foundation course for compilers and users of Monetary and Financial Statistics (MFS).
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).
Introduces the framework for compiling monetary statistics, including fundamental building blocks:
- Institutional units and sectors.
- Residency and economic territory.
- Characteristics of financial assets and liabilities.
Explains accounting rules for compiling MFS:
- Time of recording.
- Valuation principles.
Describes transformation of accounting records of financial corporations into sectoral balance sheets using the established framework:
- Financial corporations include central bank, other depository corporations, and other financial corporations.
- Sectoral balance sheets serve as the cornerstone for analytical presentations of monetary statistics.
Details compilation process for aggregates and indicators:
- Money and liquidity aggregates.
- Domestic credit.
- Other relevant indicators and their significance in macroeconomic analysis and policy formulation.

Once participants have completed the course, they should 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 they link to the compilation of analytical surveys.