{
  "title": "Macroeconomic Diagnostics Course for IES and ISS Probationary Officers",
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  "summary": "Macroeconomic Diagnostics Course for IES and ISS Probationary Officers Training Program Target Audience Official trainees of the recent IES Batch from the Ministry of Finance, India (MOF) and officer trainees of the recent ISS batch from the Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation (MOSPI).",
  "publishDate": "2026-05-18",
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    {
      "heading": "Training Program",
      "content": "- Target Audience:\n  - Official trainees of the recent IES Batch from the Ministry of Finance, India (MOF).\n  - Officer trainees of the recent ISS batch from the Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation (MOSPI).\n- Delivery Method: In-person Training.\n- Primary Language: English."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Invitation and Logistics",
      "content": "- Session No.: SA 26.29\n- Location: New Delhi, India\n- Date: July 6-15, 2026 (2 weeks)"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Qualifications",
      "content": "- Required background:\n  - Advanced degree in economics or statistics or equivalent experience.\n  - Good quantitative skills.\n  - Proficiency in the use of Excel.\n- Recommended preparatory courses:\n  - It is strongly recommended that applicants complete the online FPP.1 x and FFP.2 x courses or the face-to-face FPP and the online MDSx before enrolling."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Course Description",
      "content": "- Presenting institution: IMF Institute for Capacity Development.\n- Purpose:\n  - 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 and methods:\n  - Practical tools for day-to-day macroeconomic analysis.\n  - Reliance on case studies relevant to the region where the course is given to illustrate application of tools and contribution to the policymaking process."
    },
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      "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 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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