Institution

IMF

Level

Intermediate

Modality

Face-to-face

Duration

Three weeks - once or twice a year.

Material content

1) The methodological framework, concepts, and definitions relating to sectoral accumulation accounts and balance sheets 2) Potential data sources 3) Compilation techniques and procedures

Target audience

Whole world: Officials whose main responsibility is compiling national accounts and financial accounts statistics (specifically sectoral accounts and accounts on a from-whom-to-whom basis), who are employed with national statistical agencies and central banks. Participants should have a degree in economics or statistics, or equivalent experience.

Objectives

Provide knowledge in: 1) Principles for compilating NA and financial accounts statistics. 2) Links between financial and non-financial statistics. 3) Concepts and methodology to identify data gaps as well as strengths and weaknesses in existing data. 4) Importance and of compiling sectoral accumulation accounts and balance sheets for the analysis of macro-prudential developments. 5) How to initialize data sharing agreements with relevant entities to provide a basis for compiling and disseminating internationally comparable sectoral accounts and balance sheets, building on the 2008 SNA.