National Accounts: Financial Sector Course

Event: National Accounts: Financial Sector Course

Venue: Indepth Research Services, Nairobi, Kenya.

Event Date: 23rd – 27th October, 2017.

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INTRODUCTION

This course covers theoretical and practical aspects in the compilation of national accounts statistics based on the conceptual framework of the latest System of National Accounts. The course consists of lectures covering methodological and compilation issues of the latest SNA and workshops consisting of practical exercises in compiling the accounts.

The course starts with an overview of the system of national accounts presenting the sequence of accounts for transactions and other flows as well as balance sheets with a focus on the framework of the latest SNA. It covers the main concepts involving transactions, other economic flows, stocks, institutional units, classifications, and main macroeconomic aggregates measured by the system.

TARGET GROUP

Officials from national statistics offices, governments, ministries and compilers of national accounts statistics employed by agencies responsible for official national accounts data. Participants should have basic knowledge in economics, statistics, or equivalent experience. Experience in the compilation of national accounts statistics is an Added advantage for participation in this course.

DURATION

4 Days

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Explain new features of the SNA 2008 and their implications to national accounts compilation.
• Understand the components of financial system
• Explain new features of the SNA 2008 and their implications to national accounts compilation.
• Explain valuation principles and scope of transactions relating to production and income.
• Compile GDP using expenditure approach
• Identify and discuss financial and non-financial assets held by institutional units.
• Compile monetary and financial statistics in national accounting operations
• Understand financial operations tables for the flows and assets
• Apply concepts of price indices and volume indicators to compile constant price series national accounts aggregates.

TOPICS TO BE COVERED

• Review of Basic SNA Concepts
• The components of financial system
• Monetary and financial statistics
• Major Changes in SNA 2008
• Double Entry Accounting for National Accounts
• Synthesis of monetary statistics in financial operations tables as per SNA 2008
• Integrated System of Transaction Accounts
• Production and Generation of Income Accounts
• Distribution and Use of Income Accounts: Main entries & data needs
• Expenditure Components of GDP
• Domestic Economy and External Transactions
• Insurance on life and damage statistics
• Capital and Financial Accounts: Main entries & data needs
• Price and Volume Measures
• Compilation of monetary and financial statistics in national accounting operations
• Compilation of insurance accounts and technical tables in National Insurance Accounts as per SNA 2008
• Completion of the financial accounts of the flows and assets (opening budgets, closure budgets, financial flows accounts and changing budgets)
• The budgets between assets and liabilities of the financial operations flows between the various institutional sectors
• Financial operations tables for the flows and assets
• Calculation of financial services indirectly measured "FISMI" and its distribution among institutional sectors as final consumption of households and export to the rest of the world.
• Calculation of the production and the added value of the insurance sector and the reforms to be made in the redistribution of income account
• National accounts for banks and insurance companies, namely production, exploitation accounts, distribution and redistribution of income accounts and capital account.
• Case studies on the work carried out at the INS highlighting the changes as per SNA 2008.

Tailor-Made Training

This training can also be customized for your institution upon request to a minimum of 4 participants. You can have it delivered in our training centre or at a convenient location.

How to participate

• Tailors make your course.
• Register individual.
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