The Week in Numbers

  5.9 - the annualised percentage rate at which the US economy grew in the last three months of 2009. 35,300,000 - the price obtained in US dollars for a diamond said to be the size of a 'chicken's egg', making it the most expensive rough diamond ever sold. 4,500,000 - the amount in sterling Northern Irish couple Patrick and Mary Small defrauded the taxpayer whilst claiming tax credits. 70 - the age to which the state pension age (SPA) should be raised by the year 2046 to reduce the deficit and offset ageing-related costs, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers study.   1 -...