1. Its growth forecast for the UK economy was unchanged at 2.5%.

2. The economy has been in recession since 2010.

3. It also ushered in a new app economy with the creation of the App Store in 2008.

4. In the first quarter of 2014, the economy grew by 1.5%.

5. Mexico was the highest ranking emerging economy at 30th.

6. The economy did grow by 0.9 percent during the first half of 2014.

7. The economy was cited by 34%.

8. The overall Internet of Things will add some $1.9 trillion to the global economy by 2020.

9. The government expects the economy to grow by 1.3% in 2013.

10. The UK economy expanded by 3% last year in its best result since 2006.

11. Overall, the global economy is expected to expand 3.4 percent next year and 3.5 percent in 2016.

12. CBO projects that the economy will grow at an annual rate of 3 percent in both 2015 and 2016.

13. Since the 1997 handover the economy has grown by half to $274 billion at the end of 2013.