Economists the world's leading companies and financial institutions on average, expect the fall of the U.S. gdp in 2009 to 1,6% (last month the average prognosis of incidence was 1.1%). This will be the worst result for the past 26 years. In this case, the most pessimistic forecast of economists did Merrill Lynch, who believe that the U.S. economy goes into a minus on 2,8%. The current year will not bring good news and the labor market – peak unemployment rate is still ahead and will likely have for 2010, analysts believe. In early January, the Labor Department reported that in December unemployment rate has reached 11.1 million people, or 7.2% of the total number of working population.

This is a record figure for the last 16 years. "Unemployment is very bad, – has confirmed chief economist at Standard & Poor's, David Wyss. – If you look at the situation in detail, it is hard to find at least one positive moment. " "Macroeconomic performance has not yet given rise to an investment boom in the U.S The real estate market remains sluggish, the labor market unemployment rises, consumption falls – said the head of rbc daily analytical department of "Forex Club" Alexey Trifonov. – However, investors that does not stop, because after a deep fall of the market eager for good news. That's why Obama announced a plan to stimulate economy greeted with enthusiasm. " President-elect Barack Obama set a goal – to create or preserve 2.5 million jobs over three years to realize that developing a package of measures on the economic recovery, which could exceed $ 500 billion.