Possibly a confusion between long scale and short scale. One billion long scale is one million million, or one thousand milliard.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales
Possibly a confusion between long scale and short scale. One billion long scale is one million million, or one thousand milliard.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales
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