The Reserve Bank has left its key interest rate on hold as it awaits clearer signals about the strength of the global economy.

As widely expected by economists, the central bank left its cash rate at 3.5 per cent. All but one of 27 economists surveyed by Bloomberg expected the RBA to leave rates unchanged at today’s monthly meeting.

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