WIDNHOEK, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Namibia left its key lending rate unchanged at 5.5 percent for the second straight month on Wednesday.

The bank last cut rates in August to support an economy hit by the global economic slowdown.

(Reporting by Servaas van den Bosch; Writing by Xola Potelwa) Keywords: NAMIBIA RATES/

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