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FRANKFURT, Germany \u2013 The European Central Bank on Thursday became the first major central bank to raise interest rates in response to the Iran war<\/a> as policymakers around the world including new U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh<\/a> wrestle with how to confront the inflation fed by sharply higher oil prices.<\/p>\n

The ECB\u2019s rate-setting council raised its benchmark rate to 2.25% from 2%, where it had been for a year. The move comes ahead of rate-setting meetings next week at the Fed, the Bank of Japan, and the Bank of England.<\/p>\n

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