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RBA mixes its game

BY BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010 9:05AM

The Australian central bank kept the official cash rate unchanged at 3.75 per cent, defying universal certitude that interest rates would be an even 4.0 per cent after its first Board meeting for 2010 is ended.

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