let's get strategy now with james bevan with ccla management. s, i sort of set the table for what the united states has been dealing with over the past few trading sessions. are you bullish or bearish about the u.s. right now. >> i look at the u.s. preoccupation with the employment numbers last week and i think they are mesmerized by what happened in the past. if i look forward, both in terms of the current indicators and more importantly in terms of the lead indicators, i'm reasonably bullish. i think we will see a step up and i'm bullish about the market prospects from here. >> do you think we'll see those come out this earnings season or next quarter? >> no. next quarter. and the reason is we're now going through the pain of reductions in spending across the board, both dorcorporation intentions and consumer payroll. what we are seeing is a material lining. >> at the moment, earnings have been boosted because we had a reduction in costs, sort of an inventory rebuild. it's top line growth which is more important, isn't it, for sustainable earni