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  "title": "Macroeconomic Diagnostics for IES Probationary Officers (MDS)",
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  "summary": "Macroeconomic Diagnostics for IES Probationary Officers Training Program Target Audience Official trainees of the recent IES Batch from the Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), Ministry of Finance, India.",
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      "heading": "Invitation and Logistics",
      "content": "- Session No.: SA 23.36\n- Location: New Delhi, India\n- Date: October 16-27, 2023 (2 weeks)\n- Delivery Method: In-person Training\n- Primary Language: English\n- Target Audience:\n  - Official trainees of the recent IES Batch from the Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), Ministry of Finance, India."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Qualifications and Preparatory Recommendations",
      "content": "- Participants should have:\n  - An advanced degree in economics or equivalent experience,\n  - Good quantitative skills,\n  - Proficiency in the use of Excel.\n- Strong recommendation:\n  - Applicants should complete the online FPP.1 x and FFP.2 x courses or the face-to-face FPP and the online MDSx before enrolling in this course."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Course Description",
      "content": "- Presented by the IMF Institute for Capacity Development.\n- Designed to strengthen participants' ability to comprehensively assess a country's macroeconomic situation, including:\n  - The current state of the economy;\n  - The stance of fiscal and monetary policy;\n  - Financial stability;\n  - Exchange rate misalignments;\n  - Vulnerabilities in the different sectors;\n  - The medium-term outlook, especially the sustainability of public and external debt.\n- Emphasis on:\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 to policymaking."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Course Objectives",
      "content": "Upon completion, participants should be able to:\n- Analyze potential output and 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, and identify impediments to long-term growth.\n- Identify possible external and internal economic risks and vulnerabilities to economic growth and identify policies to address them."
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    "Presented by the IMF Institute for Capacity Development.",
    "Designed to strengthen participants' ability to comprehensively assess a country's macroeconomic situation, including:",
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    "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, and identify impediments to long-term growth.",
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