The RBI communicates with various types of audiences – researchers, analysts, academicians, media persons, entities regulated by the central bank, other central bankers, rating agencies, international or multi-lateral bodies, and players in the financial markets. The RBI also endeavours to communicate with other special audiences, such as, urban and rural women and men, senior citizens, defence personnel and even school children.
Although one shouldn't assign too much importance to a particular FCI level, large changes in an FCI probably indicate a significant easing or tightening. At the Bank of Canada, we have brought all of our credit measures together on a single web page. This collection, which we have dubbed our Credit Dashboard, can be viewed at: http://credit.bank-banque-canada.ca/index.php/about.