(Bloomberg) -- Australia’s central bank kept its key interest rate unchanged for the first time this year in response to signs that its trio of hikes are beginning to weigh on the nation’s economy.

Most experts are tipping interest rates will remain on hold but the question is when will they come down.

The fear of “crashing the economy” by raising interest rates too much pales in comparison with what is emerging in Australia’s political economy.

The Reserve Bank of Australia has kept interest rates on hold at 4.35 per cent.