Namibia central bank leaves lending rate unchanged at 3.75%

WINDHOEK (Reuters) - Namibia's central bank left its lending rate unchanged at 3.75%, its governor Johannes Gawaxab said on Wednesday, adding that the economic growth forecast for 2021 also stays unchanged at 1.4%.

The Southern African nation expects its GDP to grow by 3.4% in 2022, the governor said.

(Reporting by Nyasha Nyaungwa; Writing by Promit Mukherjee; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)