Brazil BNDES sees 2010 loans down 8 pct-official

RIO DE JANEIRO | Tue Dec 29, 2009 12:22pm EST

RIO DE JANEIRO Dec 29 (Reuters) - Brazil's state development bank BNDES expects its lending in 2010 to drop about 8 percent, bank president Luciano Coutinho said on Tuesday.

The bank sees lending next year falling to 126 billion reais ($72.4 billion) from 137.3 billion reais forecast for 2009, Coutinho said. ($1=1.74 reais)

(Reporting by Brian Ellsworth, Writing by Elzio Barreto, Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)

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