## Central Bank Balance Sheet and Policy Solvency (CBBST)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: SA 25.46
- Location: Mumbai, India
- Dates: November 10-13, 2025 (1 week)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Overview
- Training Program offered by the IMF South Asia Regional Training and Technical Assistance Center (SARTTAC) in collaboration with the IMF Capacity Development Office in Thailand.
- Session No.: SA 25.46
- Location: Mumbai, India
- Date: November 10-13, 2025 (1 week)
- Delivery Method: In-person Training
- Primary Language: English
- Status: Deadline passed

### Target Audience and Qualifications
- Target Audience:
  - Participants should have a background in economics or finance, relevant work experience in central banking and basic knowledge of risk management and monetary policy implementation.
- Qualifications:
  - Expected to have a university or postgraduate degree in economics, finance, business, or law, or have earned professional certifications in finance, risk management, or auditing/accounting.

### Course Description
- Aim:
  - Enhance central banks' understanding of central bank balance sheets (CBBS), focusing on their roles, structures, and importance for monetary policy implementation and policy solvency.
- Learning outcomes emphasized:
  - Forecast CBBS long-term.
  - Conduct stress tests for policy solvency.
  - Understand the impact of different balance sheet structures on monetary policy implementation.

### Key Topics
- Balance sheet transparency and application of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
- The concept of `solvency' for central banks.
- Dynamic capital/profit retention policy.
- Impact of balance sheet structures on monetary policy implementation.

### Course Objectives (Upon completion participants should be able to)
- Enhance understanding of central bank balance sheets (CBBS) among central bank officials.
- Identify challenges and solutions related to managing CBBS in the context of monetary policy implementation.
- Explore the relationship between balance sheet structures and their impact on policy solvency.
- Support familiarity with long-term forecasting and balance sheet stress testing methodologies.
- Use leading practices for central banks in the area of balance sheet transparency and profit distribution.
- Facilitate knowledge sharing through country case studies and interactive workshops.

### Methodology and Follow-up
- Instructional methods:
  - Interactive sessions, group exercises, and peer-to-peer sharing of country experiences to facilitate active participation and knowledge exchange.
- Follow-up:
  - Possibility of follow-up customized capacity development for interested central banks.

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## References

- [In-person Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods)
- [Introduction to Financial Programming and Policies (FPP.0 X)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2026/fpp-0xol26-143)
- [Fiscal Policy Analysis (FPA)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/hq/2026/fpahq26-11)
- [Fiscal Policy Analysis (FPA)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/st/2026/fpast26-27)
- [VITARA - Audit Program (VITARA-AUD)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2026/vitara-audol26-232)
- [Monetary and Financial Statistics (MFSX)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2026/mfsxol26-109)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/sa/2025/cbbstsa25-46_