## Virtual : Financial Soundness Indicators (FSI)

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [Virtual : Financial Soundness Indicators (FSI)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/st/2022/fsist22-05v)

## Other formats

- [Markdown version](/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/st/2022/fsist22-05v/index.md)
- [Structured JSON version](/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/st/2022/fsist22-05v/index.json)
- [Bundle manifest](/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/st/2022/fsist22-05v/bundle-manifest.json)

## Bibliographic details
- Session: ST 22.05V
- Location: Singapore, Singapore
- Dates: February 28, 2022 - March 3, 2022 (1 week)
- Delivery method: Virtual Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed

---

### Target audience and qualifications
- Target audience: Officials at central banks and supervisory agencies for the financial sector who are involved in the collection, compilation, and analysis of financial soundness indicators.
- Qualifications: Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or statistics, or equivalent experience.

### Course description — scope and instructional approach
- Presented by the Statistics Department.
- Purpose: Acquaints participants with the fundamentals of compiling and using financial soundness indicators (FSIs) in support of macroprudential analysis.
- Methodological anchor: Covers methodological and technical issues in the construction of FSIs, as discussed in the 2019 Financial Soundness Indicators Compilation Guide (2019 FSI Guide).
- Instructional components:
  - Lectures and workshops on:
    - institutional sectors;
    - consolidation bases and adjustments for FSIs;
    - regulatory framework for deposit takers;
    - accounting principles and sectoral financial statements for FSIs;
    - core and additional FSIs for deposit takers, other financial corporations, and other sectors;
    - financial sector surveillance and FSIs;
    - macroprudential analysis and FSIs.
  - Hands-on exercises where participants work in groups to resolve practical questions of:
    - classification of financial institutional units;
    - construction of different reporting populations for FSIs according to different consolidation bases;
    - calculation of Basel solvency and liquidity ratios;
    - production of sectoral financial statements and FSIs for deposit takers;
    - use of FSIs for financial sector surveillance.
  - Introduction of templates for use in the regular reporting of FSI data and metadata to the IMF.
  - Guidance in accessing and using the IMF database for FSI data and metadata.

### Course objectives — competencies on completion
- Compile FSIs in accordance with the methodology of the 2019 FSI Guide, using source data obtained from sectoral financial statements and supervisory report forms.
- Calculate FSIs using different consolidation bases and interpret the different results obtained.
- Prepare or update FSI metadata, including information about key aspects of the conceptual framework used to prepare source data and the FSI compilation practices.
- Analyze and interpret FSIs compiled for the financial sector and their use in financial sector supervision and macroprudential policy.

---


## References

- [Virtual Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods)
- [Financial Development and Financial Inclusion (FDFI)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2026/fdfiat26-24)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/st/2022/fsist22-05v_