NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s central bank raised its key interest rate for the third time in four months Tuesday and its governor said combating stubbornly high inflation is the top priority despite an “increasingly worrisome” slowdown in economic growth.

The announcement of a quarter percentage point increase in the lending rate Tuesday to 8 percent sent Indian stocks lower, adding to losses accumulated during a sell-off in emerging markets that began late last week.

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