Is There Any Economic Downside to This Jubilee?

There's 22 million pounds in national lottery money, ear marks for community events and various other projects. There's a new three million pound fund that you can apply to if you'd like to spruce up your local village hall. Oh, and most primary school children are getting a commemorative book about the queen's reign. That's reportedly costing 12 million pounds. One report does suggest we could spend up to a billion pounds between us over the four days on food, drink, merchandise, bunting and so on. It's actually only one extra day compared to the usual late may bank holiday week end. Some businesses will be shut on that extra day. So there will be an economic hit