## National Accounts Statistics (NASx)

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [National Accounts Statistics (NASx)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2026/nasxol26-188)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: OL 26.188
- Location: Course conducted online
- Dates: May 1, 2026 - April 15, 2027 (50 weeks)
- Delivery method: Online Training
- Primary language: French
- Status: Apply online by April 1, 2027

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### Course overview and logistics
- Session No.: OL 26.188
- Location: Course conducted online
- Date: May 1, 2026 - April 15, 2027 (50 weeks)
- Delivery Method: Online Training
- Primary Language: French
- Target Audience:
  - Persons interested in learning how to compile national accounts statistics or in using the statistics for macroeconomic analysis.
- Qualifications:
  - Some knowledge of economics and statistics or equivalent experience is useful.

### Course description and scope
- Introduces participants to compiling national accounts statistics based on the System of National Accounts, 2008 (2008 SNA) framework.
- Covers:
  - The sequence of national accounts.
  - The accounting rules of the 2008 SNA.
  - The key macroeconomic aggregates in the SNA framework.
- Teaches the three measures of GDP:
  - The production approach.
  - The income approach.
  - The expenditure approach.
- Includes methods to estimate volume measures of value added.

### Learning objectives
Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:
- Describe the SNA framework and identify the key macroeconomic indicators.
- Define the components of GDP from the production, expenditure and income approaches.
- Apply the concepts, accounting rules, methods, and data sources necessary to estimate GDP.

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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=OL26.188F)
- [Integrating Basel III Liquidity Standards with ILAAP A Framework for Effective Liquidity Risk Management](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/ce26-31)
- [Climate in Macroeconomic Framework (CMF)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2026/cmfat26-22)
- [Big Data for Macroeconomic Statistics (BDMS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2026/bdmsat26-27)
- [Financial Development and Financial Inclusion (FDFI)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2026/fdfiat26-24)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2026/nasxol26-188_