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FRANKFURT, Germany \u2013\u00a0Europe’s inflation rate<\/a> rose to 2.5% in March as the Iran war<\/a> sent fuel prices sharply higher, official figures showed Tuesday. And that is leading analysts to pencil in interest rate increases by the European Central Bank later this year.<\/p>\n

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