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Australia cuts rate to record low 0.5% because of virus

| March 2, 2020 8:05 PM

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s central bank on Tuesday cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to a record low of 0.5% in response to the economic shock of the new coronavirus.

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