listening to your answer here how becial would it be for the u.s. economy right now given some of thealk on capitol hill that they -- lawmakers in the administration deal with the issues perhaps temporarily kick the can down the road into next year, deal with it sooner rather than later would that limit some of the uncertainty in the short term or be beneficial given the state of the economy at this present moment? >> that's a difficult problem. i'm not entirely sure. on the one hand, little clarity would probably be helpful for the reasons i described because people are uncertain about what's going to happen and on the other hand, investors i know would like to see congress actions that put us on a long-term sustainable fiscal path. simply kicking the can down the road without any other indication of what might be ne, wh kinds of policies might be enacted, could be a negative for sentiment because it might induce people to worry more about the seriousness of congress in addressing our fiscal issues. >> shahhome with the "financial times." mr. chair