“We have raised rates rapidly, and now it’s time to pause and assess whether monetary policy is sufficiently restrictive to bring inflation back to the 2% target,” Tiff Macklem said.

Our federal and provincial governments offer fixed-income securities to consumers and investors to fund operations, including Treasury Bills and Treasury Bonds.

“Ongoing increases in the target range will be appropriate in order to attain a stance of monetary policy that is sufficiently restrictive to return inflation to 2 percent over time.”

In simple terms, flow-through shares are shares of a company that allow the investor to claim tax deductions from the federal, and in some cases, provincial government.

The Bank’s decision continues along its policy of quantitative tightening, albeit with a dovish tone this time around, signaling that it may be nearing the end of its historic rate-hike cycle.

2022 is going to be a year most stock market investors will want to put in the rearview mirror. Tax-loss selling can be a consolation for any losses that investors have endured this year.