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Jacob Shteyman

Global uncertainty played a role in rate cut: RBA

Latest inflation figures have added to speculation interest rates could fall in coming months. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

The Reserve Bank was more inclined to cut interest rates at its board meeting earlier in February because of uncertainty surrounding the global economy.

Companies are already delaying their investment decisions as they wait to see how a looming trade war between the United States and China plays out, the central bank's deputy governor Andrew Hauser told a Senate estimates hearing at Parliament House on Thursday.

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