The experts believe that in future the course of the monetary policy of the US Federal Reserve will be kept unchanged. However, market players expect greater clarity on the timing of the first interest rate increase, writes Bloomberg.

In December 2014, sales of new buildings in the United States increased by 11.6% compared to November's figure, reaching 481.000 homes on an annualized basis. This was the highest level since June 2008. This statistics published the US DOC.

In 2015, the US GDP will grow by 3.3% due to growth in the private sector and low oil prices. This was reported in the Standard & Poor`s.

Canada's central bank lowered its key interest rate level because of the desire to smooth deflation risks for the Canadian economy, which may arise on the background of a sharp reduction in oil price.

US bank «Goldman Sachs» in the third quarter of 2014 recorded profit decline by 7.1% due to negative external factors in the global economy. Bank of America, JP Morgan, Citigroup and other Us banks stated their losses. This writes the French edition of Le Monde.