and that is why you are hearing companies like ge, ford and eaton corporation are saying, look, we have to sit tight and make sure we protect our liquidity, our cash on a balance sheet, alisyn. alisyn: you know, the default and the downgrade are two separate things and if a deal is reached on the debt ceiling, before august 2nd, we still could be downgraded, would they then loosen up some of the liquidity. >> that is an important question, because they are two separate things, and you are right to ask whether or not this is an excuses. we have seen the behavior of companies in the past, they kind of lock up and they do what they can to basically protect their balance sheets. so, it seems to, according to the indications, we are getting out of deutsche bank as well who talk to cfos, too, they'll continue until they see an impasse stopped in washington, d.c., back to you, alisyn. alisyn: liz macdonald from fox business network, thanks. we are asking you what you think, go to foxnews.com/americasnewsroom and