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Financial Programming and Policies, Part 1: Macroeconomic Accounts & Analysis
- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 6 Sequences
- Intermediate Level
Course details
Syllabus
- How to identify the four main sectors of an economy and understand the key linkages among them
- How to read, interpret, and analyze macroeconomic data
- How to identify macroeconomic imbalances
- How to retrieve data for your own country and analyze it
Prerequisite
Some knowledge of economics would be helpful, but is not required. Graded assignments require the use of spreadsheets.
Instructors
Paolo Dudine
Adolfo Barajas
Senior Economist in the Institute for Capacity Development
The International Monetary Fund
Eric Verreydt
Luisa Zanforlin
Nan Li
Francesco Luna
Economista sénior, Instituto de Desarrollo de Capacidades
Fondo Monetario Internacional
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