By Francesco Canepa and Balazs Koranyi FRANKFURT, Sept 10 (Reuters) – The European Central Bank looks set to raise interest rates on Thursday for the second time this year, seeking to head off an energy-driven surge in inflation triggered by the Iran war. Attacks by both sides since the end of August have shattered a month of relative calm, with the U.S. and Iran hitting military, shipping and energy assets. That has sent oil and gas prices soa…
This Thursday, the European Central Bank is expected to increase interest rates, thus seeking to halt the rise in inflation, which reached 3.3% in the Eurozone in August, moving away from the 2% desired.