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  "title": "Virtual : Macroeconomic Diagnostics (MDS)",
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  "summary": "Virtual : Macroeconomic Diagnostics Training Program Target Audience Mid-level to senior officials in central banks and ministries of finance or economy who are directly involved in diagnosing the state of the macroeconomy and making projections.",
  "publishDate": "2023-03-13",
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      "heading": "Overview and logistics",
      "content": "- Session No.: SA 21.28 V\n- Location: New Delhi, India\n- Date: September 27, 2021 - October 7, 2021 (2 weeks) New dates\n- Delivery Method: Virtual Training\n- Primary Language: English\n- Status: Deadline passed\n- Target Audience:\n  - Mid-level to senior officials in central banks and ministries of finance or economy who are directly involved in diagnosing the state of the macroeconomy and making projections."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Qualifications and prerequisites",
      "content": "- Expected background:\n  - Advanced degree in economics or equivalent experience.\n  - Good quantitative skills.\n  - Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Excel.\n- Strong recommendation:\n  - Applicants have completed the online FinancialProgramming and Policies, Part 1: Macroeconomic Accounts and Analysis (FPP.1 x) or the online Macroeconomic Diagnostics (MDSx) course."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Course description",
      "content": "- Presented by the Institute for Capacity Development.\n- Purpose: Strengthen participants’ ability to comprehensively assess a country’s macroeconomic situation.\n- Emphases:\n  - Practical tools for day-to-day macroeconomic analysis.\n  - Case studies relevant to the region where the course is given to illustrate application of tools and contribution to policymaking."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Core analytical areas covered",
      "content": "- Assess the current state of the economy, including:\n  - Potential output and output gaps.\n  - The stance of fiscal and monetary policy.\n  - Financial stability and financial sector soundness indicators.\n  - Exchange rate misalignments.\n  - Vulnerabilities in different sectors.\n- Medium-term outlook analysis:\n  - Sustainability of public debt.\n  - Sustainability of external debt.\n- Risk identification:\n  - Possible external and internal economic risks and vulnerabilities to economic growth."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Course objectives (learning outcomes)",
      "content": "- Analyze potential output, calculate output gaps, and diagnose the outlook for the economy.\n- Assess the stance of current fiscal, monetary, exchange rate, and financial policies.\n- Assess macro-financial linkages, including through the analysis of financial sector soundness indicators.\n- Assess the medium-term prospects of the economy, especially the sustainability of public and external debt.\n- Identify possible external and internal economic risks and vulnerabilities to economic growth, and identify policies to address them."
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    "Location: New Delhi, India",
    "Date: September 27, 2021 - October 7, 2021 (2 weeks) New dates",
    "Delivery Method: Virtual Training",
    "Primary Language: English",
    "Status: Deadline passed",
    "Target Audience:",
    "Expected background:",
    "Strong recommendation:",
    "Presented by the Institute for Capacity Development.",
    "Purpose: Strengthen participants’ ability to comprehensively assess a country’s macroeconomic situation.",
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    "Assess the current state of the economy, including:",
    "Medium-term outlook analysis:",
    "Risk identification:",
    "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 identify policies to address them."
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