RBA lowers rates to emergency levels

By Glenda Kwek
Updated December 4 2012 - 3:12pm, first published 2:37pm

The Reserve Bank has cut the cash rate to its lowest level since the global financial crisis, following a raft of weak economic data that showed pessimism in the jobs market, a slowdown in mining activity and lower-than-expected retail sales.

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