## Fiscal Analysis and Forecasting

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: ST 24.36
- Location: Singapore, Singapore
- Dates: July 1-12, 2024 (2 weeks)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Program overview and logistics
- The training program was presented by the Fiscal Affairs Department.
- Session No.: ST 24.36
- Location: Singapore, Singapore
- Date: July 1-12, 2024 (2 weeks)
- Delivery Method: In-person Training
- Primary Language: English
- Status: Deadline passed

### Target audience and qualifications
- Target audience: Junior officials from the ministries of finance and central banks who would benefit from a better understanding of the macroeconomic dimensions of fiscal policy.
- Qualifications:
  - Degree in economics or a related field.
  - Experience in macroeconomic analysis.
  - Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.

### Course content and structure
- The course offers more extensive exposure to fiscal issues and the macroeconomic effects of fiscal policy than is possible in a standard course on Financial Programming and Policies.
- Dedicated lecture topics include:
  - Fiscal accounts and analysis
  - Fiscal rules and fiscal councils
  - Fiscal multipliers
  - Management of natural resource revenues
  - Fiscal forecasting and fiscal sustainability
  - How the fiscal sector relates to the rest of the economy
  - Fiscal dimensions in financial programming
- Workshops comprise about half the course time and cover:
  - Fiscal accounting and analysis
  - Fiscal forecasting and sustainability
  - Fiscal multipliers
  - Fiscal rules and fiscal councils
  - Management of natural resource revenues
  - Design of a fiscal baseline and alternative scenarios for a real country case study

### Learning objectives
- Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:
  - Prepare detailed analyses of revenue and spending developments.
  - Generate forecasts of revenue and spending aggregates and the fiscal balance and discuss policy implications.
  - Apply acquired knowledge and skills to group-based assessments of real country case studies.

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## References

- [In-person Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods)
- [Institutional Sector Accounts-Advanced - Blended (ISA-A)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/hq/2027/isa-ahq27-02)
- [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)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/st/2024/fafst24-36_