Reserve Bank keeps cash rate on hold as sluggish growth forecast

Shares and the Aussie dollar hit by more China woes as the Abbott government's 'jobs and growth' slogan faces test with economic growth figures

The Abbott government's "jobs and growth" slogan will come under further scrutiny on Wednesday with economists predicting sluggish, and possibly negative, growth when the June quarter figures are released.

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