## Canceled: Macroeconomic Diagnostics (MDS)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: ST 24.08
- Location: Singapore, Singapore
- Dates: May 6-17, 2024 (2 weeks)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: New dates

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### Status and logistics
- Status: Cancelled
- Session No.: ST 24.08
- Location: Singapore, Singapore
- Date: May 6-17, 2024 (2 weeks) New dates
- Delivery Method: In-person Training
- Primary Language: English

### Target audience
- Officials from central banks and ministries of finance or economy who are directly involved in diagnosing the state of the macroeconomy and making projections.

### Qualifications and prerequisites
- Expected background: advanced degree in economics or equivalent experience.
- Required skills: good quantitative skills and proficiency in the use of Microsoft Excel.
- Recommended prior completion: the online Financial Programming and Policies, Part 1: Macroeconomic Accounts and Analysis (FPP.1 x) or the online Macroeconomic Diagnostics (MDSx) course.

### Course description
- Presented by the Institute for Capacity Development.
- Designed to strengthen participants’ ability to comprehensively assess a country’s macroeconomic situation, including:
  - the current state of the economy;
  - the stance of fiscal and monetary policy;
  - financial stability;
  - exchange rate misalignments;
  - vulnerabilities in the different sectors;
  - the medium-term outlook, especially the sustainability of public and external debt.
- Emphasis on practical tools for day-to-day macroeconomic analysis.
- Use of case studies relevant to the region where the course is given to illustrate application of tools and contribution to the policymaking process.

### Course objectives
Participants should be able to:
- Analyze potential output, calculate output gaps, and diagnose the outlook for the economy.
- Assess the stance of current fiscal, monetary, exchange rate, and financial policies.
- Assess macro-financial linkages, including through the analysis of financial sector soundness indicators.
- Assess the medium-term prospects of the economy, especially the sustainability of public and external debt.
- Identify possible external and internal economic risks and vulnerabilities to economic growth, and develop policies to address them.

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## References

- [In-person Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods)
- [Executive Training 2 on Fiscal Policy Considerations (FPA)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/fpcce26-16)
- [Tax Regional Workshop on Strategic Management](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/taxce26-43)
- [Institutional Sector Accounts-Advanced - Blended (ISA-A)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/hq/2027/isa-ahq27-02)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/st/2024/mdsst24-08_