Course: Macroeconomic Financial Accounts
Modules:
Introduction Sofia Poggi, Introduction Francesco Ruggeri, Contents of Course 1 - Giuseppe De Arcangelis, Introduction to the Course - Daniele Fano, 1.1 Introduction to the topics of week 1- Giuseppe De Arcangelis, Introduction to week 1- Daniele Fano, Lesson 1.1.1 Financial Transactions the end of one story, the beginning of another one., Lesson 1.1.2 The Identity relating net lending/net borrowing across the five institutional sectors, Lesson 1.1.3 Heuristic Aspects of the balancing logic and the current account balance as a proxy, How to select and download data from the OECD website, Podcast: Peter van de Ven (Head of National Accounts, OECD)
1.2 Introduction to the topics of week 2 - Giuseppe De Arcangelis, Lesson 1.2.1  Insights from a national economy vs rest of the world framework, Lesson 1.2.2 - The sequence of accounts, the rest of the world  and the balance of payments, Lesson 1.2.3 From the balancing items to the institutional sectors breakdowns., How to select and download data from the IMF website and from the Eurostat website, Podcast Henning Ahnert (Head of the Financial Accounts and Fiscal Statistics section at ECB)
1.3 Introduction to the topics of week 3 - Giuseppe De Arcangelis, Lesson 1.3.1. The logic of the Financial Account and its informational content, Lesson 1.3.2. "From whom to whom"?, Lesson 1.3.3.  Risk, securitization and institutionalization, Discrepancies between the Capital Account and the Financial Account, Tutorial 3.1 Financial Instruments, Tutorial 3.2 The FED documentation, Tutorial 3.3 Shakespeare in Finance, Podcast Henning Ahnert (Head of the Financial Accounts and Fiscal Statistics section at ECB) Part 2
1.4 Introduction to the topics of week 4 - Giuseppe De Arcangelis, Lesson 1.4.1. The Balance Sheet and its logic, Lesson 1.4.2. Highlights on the Institutional Sectors and Financial Net Worth, Lesson 1.4.3.Considerations on Households' Wealth, Using the OECD website for analyzing figures about levels : Financial Net Worth, International Investment Position, Using the IMF website for analyzing figures about levels : Financial Net Worth, International Investment Position
1.5 Introduction to the topics of week 5 Giuseppe De Arcangelis, Lesson 1.5.1 Accumulation Accounts in the SNA, Lesson 1.5.2 The relative importance of factors affecting Net Worth, Lesson 1.5.3 About stocks and  flows across growth and cycles, How to update a table going to the original source.
1.6 Introduction to the topics of week 6 - Giuseppe De Arcangelis, Lesson 1.6.1. Macro-financial tools for evaluating stability, Lesson 1.6.2. Past and present: from the 2007-2009 crisis to Covid-19, Lesson 1.6.3. The main available reports and documents., Podcast Part 1 Bruno Tissot (Head of Statistics and Research Support at the BIS and Head of the Secretariat of the Irving Fisher Committee on Central Bank Statistics (IFC), Podcast Part 2 Bruno Tissot (Head of Statistics and Research Support at the BIS and Head of the Secretariat of the Irving Fisher Committee on Central Bank Statistics (IFC), Podcast Part 3 Bruno Tissot (Head of Statistics and Research Support at the BIS and Head of the Secretariat of the Irving Fisher Committee on Central Bank Statistics (IFC)