## Virtual : National Accounts Statistics

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**Canonical URL:** [Virtual : National Accounts Statistics](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/sa/2021/nassa21-44v)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: SA 21.44V
- Location: New Delhi, India
- Dates: October 25-29, 2021 (1 week)
- Delivery method: Virtual Training
- Primary language: English

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### Invitation and logistics
- Session No.: SA 21.44 V
- Location: New Delhi, India
- Date: October 25-29, 2021 (1 week)
- Delivery Method: Virtual Training
- Primary Language: English
- Presented by: International Monetary Fund's Statistics Department
- Course format: half-day one-week virtual course

### Qualifications and target audience
- Qualifications:
  - Participants are expected to possess a degree in accounting, the social sciences, or a related field and/or have relevant work experience.
  - Participants should have proficiency in Microsoft EXCEL and WORD.
- Target audience:
  - Government officials integrally involved in the compilation of national accounts statistics.
  - Users within Central Banks, Finance and Economic Planning who would benefit from knowledge of concepts, principles, sources, and methods used to compile National Accounts Statistics.
  - Applicable for relatively new officials in the area of National Accounts due to the training's broad-based nature.

### Course description and core content
- Based on: System of National Accounts 2008 Manual (2008 SNA).
- Course coverage:
  - National accounts concepts, methods, and framework.
  - Estimating Gross Domestic Product using the expenditure and production approach.
  - Interpretation of National Accounts Statistics.
  - Price and volume measures.
- Instructional methods:
  - Interactive lectures and hands-on exercises to enable operationalization of learned material.
- Main lectures and workshops:
  - (i) Overview of the System of National Accounts,
  - (ii) Production accounts: measurement of output; intermediate consumption, and value added (gross domestic product (GDP),
  - (iii) Gross Domestic Product by Expenditure,
  - (iv) The sequence of accounts from the production account to balance sheets and
  - (v) Preparation of GDP volume measures: double deflation; and volume extrapolation;

### Course objectives
- Upon completion participants should be able to:
  - Describe fundamental aspects of a national accounts statistical system that is highly aligned with the international standard.
  - Demonstrate an understanding of the three approaches to estimating gross domestic product (GDP): production, expenditure and income.
  - Compile and interpret GDP volume measures using double deflation, volume extrapolation and single extrapolation.

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## References

- [Virtual Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods)
- [Core Elements of Banking Supervision (CBS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2027/cbsat27-10)
- [Advanced Government Finance Statistics (GFS-A)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/gfs-ace26-45)
- [Fiscal Sustainability (FS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/fsce26-38)
- [Safeguards Assessments of Central Banks (SAC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2026/sacat26-30)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/sa/2021/nassa21-44v_