Sometimes it is necessary to be simplistic.
£400,000,000,000
400 billion pounds is a conservative estimate of UK government money going to help troubled financial institutions.
$690,565,489,736.23
At $1.72641 per pound. The current exchange rate. Roughly $690 billion.
60,943,912
Population of the United Kingdom from the CIA World Factbook (July 2008 estimate).
£6563.41
Price per man, woman, and child, in the UK
$11331.14
Price per man, woman, and child, in the UK at $1.72641.
$700,000,000,000
A figure put forward by the US Federal Reserve in a package to rescue troubled financial organisations.
£405,465,677,330
That figure in the Great British Pound.
303,824,640
Population of the United States of America from the CIA World Factbook (July 2008 estimate).
$2304
Price per man, woman, and child, in the United States.
£1334.54
Price per man, woman, and child in the United States in the Great British Pound.