London Olympics... Financial Burden.. Way Past Its Sell By Date

[Ayjay]

So when Alistair Darling says we had a budget deficit of 90 Billion in April and forecasts 180 Billion or whatever the horrific number is, what units is he using

Personally I've not seen or heard a financial report in the UK that used the British billion, pretty much ever.

Jim

Mathmatically one billion is 10 raised to the power 9. or, 1000,000,000..

So just what is a Brit billion..??

AJ