francine: john bilton from jp morgan asset management stays with us. as a deal approaches, democrats and the white house are still far apart on a u.s. stimulus package. we will discuss the world's biggest economy, next. this is bloomberg. ♪ bloomberg. ♪ francine: economics, finance, politics. this is "bloomberg surveillance." i am francine lacqua here in london. now, let's talk about u.s. and the democrats. that is ahead of the end of the week deadline to reach a deal for one of the white house's chief negotiators have warned there is little time to negotiate. still with us, john bilton from jp morgan asset management. john, what are you expecting package? aid how big does it have to be to be meaningful, or do you just want something for the symbolism of it? john: well, i think there's a lot of expectation about this, no doubt, but we do expect, you know, a reasonable sized commitment. you know, for all of the politicking going on at the moment, we are hearing a lot about the disagreements, at the end of the day, if you pare it down, it is not a questi