Macroeconomic Diagnostics (MDS)
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- Session: OT 26.22
- Location: Vienna, Austria
- Dates: September 7-18, 2026 (2 weeks)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
Training program and logistics
- Session No.: OT 26.22
- Location: Vienna, Austria
- Date: September 7-18, 2026 (2 weeks)
- Delivery Method: In-person Training
- Primary Language: English
Target audience and qualifications
- Target Audience:
- Officials from central banks and ministries of finance or economy who are directly involved in diagnosing the state of the macroeconomy and making projections.
- Qualifications:
- Participants are expected to have an advanced degree in economics or equivalent experience, good quantitative skills, and proficiency in the use of Microsoft Excel.
Course description
- The course is designed to strengthen participants' ability to comprehensively assess a country's macroeconomic situation, including:
- the current state of the economy;
- the stance of fiscal and monetary policy;
- financial stability;
- exchange rate;
- vulnerabilities in the different sectors;
- the medium-term outlook, especially the sustainability of public and external debt.
- Emphasis:
- practical tools for use in day-to-day macroeconomic analysis;
- reliance on case studies relevant to the region where the course is given to illustrate application of tools and contribution to the policymaking process.
Course objectives
- Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:
- Analyze potential output, calculate output gaps, and diagnose the outlook for the economy.
- Assess the stance of current fiscal, monetary, exchange rate, and financial policies.
- Assess macro-financial linkages, including through the analysis of financial sector soundness indicators.
- Assess the medium-term prospects of the economy, especially the sustainability of public and external debt.
- Identify possible external and internal economic risks and vulnerabilities to economic growth and develop policies to address them.
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