## Selected Macroeconomics Issues for Mid-Career IES Officers

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**Canonical URL:** [Selected Macroeconomics Issues for Mid-Career IES Officers](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/sa/2025/wspsa25-48)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: SA 25.48
- Location: New Delhi, India
- Dates: October 6-17, 2025 (2 weeks)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English

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### Target audience and qualifications
- 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.
- Qualifications:
  - Participants should preferably have an advanced degree in economics or equivalent experience.

### Course description and scope
- The course covers a broad range of macroeconomic issues.
- Analytical focus:
  - The four main macroeconomic sectors: real, fiscal, external, and monetary.
  - Interlinkages across sectors, including macro-fiscal and macro-financial aspects.
  - How to diagnose macroeconomic imbalances and financial stability risks.
- Contextual focus:
  - Theoretical material will be related to the Indian context to deepen understanding of India's present economic opportunities and challenges.

### Course objectives
- Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
  - Analyze potential output and calculate output gaps and diagnose the outlook for the Indian economy.
  - Assess the stance of current fiscal, monetary and exchange rate, and financial policies.
  - Assess macro-financial linkages and understand some aspects of financial regulation and macro prudential policies.
  - Assess the medium-term prospects of the economy, especially the sustainability of public and external debt, and identify impediments to long-term growth.
  - Identify possible external and internal economic risks and vulnerabilities to economic growth and identify policies to address them.

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## References

- [In-person 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/2025/wspsa25-48_