Sectoral Accounts and Balance Sheets (PSBS)
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- Session: SA 22.35
- Location: New Delhi, India
- Dates: August 29, 2022 - September 2, 2022 (1 week)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed
Target audience and qualifications
- Target Audience:
- Officials employed in national statistical agencies and central banks who are integrally involved in the compilation of national accounts and financial accounts statistics.
- Qualifications:
- Participants are expected to possess a degree in economics or statistics; or equivalent experience.
Course description
- The one-week course covers theoretical and practical issues related to the compilation of:
- sectoral accounts (current and capital accounts, financial accounts, other changes in volume of assets accounts, and revaluation accounts)
- balance sheets according to institutional sectors.
- The aim of the course is to provide participants with the necessary skills to compile the sectoral accounts and the balance sheets.
- Course structure:
- Lectures covering conceptual and methodological issues.
- Exercises that require application of concepts and that highlight practical compilation issues.
- Lecture content highlights:
- Thorough review of the methodological framework, concepts, and definitions relating to sectoral accounts and balance sheets, including:
- accounting rules
- valuation
- institutional units and sectors
- residency
- Outline of potential data sources for compilation.
- Illustration of recommended compilation techniques and procedures.
Course objectives
Upon completion of the workshop, participants should be able to:
- Describe fundamental aspects of sectoral accounts that is highly aligned with the international standard.
- Describe the relationship between statistical units and institutional sectors.
- Know the linkages between the sequence of accounts and the main economic statistics calculated for each account.
- Understand the methodology and data sources required to compile sectoral accounts.
- Apply the acquired knowledge on concepts and methodology to identify data gaps as well as strengths and weaknesses in existing data.
- Explain to policymakers the importance and relevance of compiling sectoral accounts and balance sheets for the analysis of macro-prudential developments.