Aussie borrowers hoping for mortgage relief have been left hanging after the Reserve Bank kept the official cash rate on hold at 3.6 per cent. Spending was recovering and the jobs market remained stable, the board said, along with a warning that “inflation may be persistent in some areas”. “The board decided that it was appropriate to maintain the cash rate at its current level at this meeting,” the statement said. The decision was unanimous and followed a unanimous decision to lower rates last month. The jobs market also remains in good shape, suggesting there’s no rush for the central bank to lower rates and unemployment remains near historic lows at just 4.2 per cent.