Online Course
This online course provides modular yet comprehensive discussions on macroeconomic and monetary policy issues, focusing on external sector issues, including policy and risk spillovers. This foundational course will cover wide range of concepts, theories, case studies, and applications of capital account liberalisation and capital flows monitoring and management. It provides practical knowledge in assessing the benefits and costs as well as sequencing capital account liberalisation. It will also discuss various datasets and empirical techniques used in examining the patterns, drivers, and impacts of capital flows, including various policy measures used to address volatile capital flows.
At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
Middle-level officers/technical staff of central banks/monetary authorities with at least two years of relevant experience in monetary and financial policy, and external sector analyses are encouraged to participate. A strong background in international macroeconomics is an advantage. Knowledge of various external sector accounts and empirical methods are useful.
Software Requirements: This course will be delivered online via MS Teams platform. Several software packages will also be used throughout the course. While neither required nor essential, some experience in using Excel, EViews, MATLAB, Stata, and/or R is beneficial.
All topics will be delivered through a combination of lectures and exercises/workshops:
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