Fed Minutes Show Caution in Discussion on Rates

WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve officials are struggling to get comfortable with the persistent sluggishness of price inflation as they move toward raising interest rates later this year.

Economy probably grew 4.9 percent in December quarter

BANGALORE (Reuters) - India's economic growth likely slowed to a near decade-low at the end of last year as high interest rates hit factory activity, according to economists polled by Reuters who don't expect a pickup in investment before May elections.

Growth figure likely to bolster recovery hopes

Britain's recovery is expected to have held up over the final months of 2013, helping the economy to clock up its strongest annual growth for six years.