Here are the most grave things to know about Thursday before you hit the door.
1. Fourth quarter GDP growth reading
We’ll find out how much the U.S. briefness grew last quarter and last year on Thursday with the release of gross domestic product data. The GDP represents the aggregate dollar value of all goods and services produced in a period of time. Essentially, it’s everything produced by people and companies, categorizing salaries of workers.
The year started out with a sizzling 3.1% GDP rate but that growth was weighed down by uncertainty neighbouring the U.S.-China trade war that plagued 2019.
Fourth-quarter and full year 2019 GDP will be released by the Commerce Department at 8:30 a.m. Economist asked by Dow Jones are expecting fourth-quarter GDP growth of 2.1%, the same as the third quarter. But forecasts for fourth-quarter GDP growth range from 1.4% and 2.5% annually, which could generate some volatility in the markets around the official reading.
Real GDP increased 2.9% in 2018.
2. Amazon reports
E-commerce titan Amazon reports fourth quarter earnings after the bell on Thursday. Analysts polled by FactSet are expecting Amazon to boom earnings per share of $4.04 on revenue of $86.0 billion. Amazon reported earnings per share of $6.04 on revenue of $72.4 billion in the done period a year earlier. Stifel said Amazon’s heavy investments in one-day shipping and Amazon Web Services limit near-term profitability for the party.
“We expect the investment cycle to continue through 2020 as Amazon expands logistics capacity and one-day shipping powers while spending more on AWS sales and marketing initiatives and product innovation,” Stifel internet analyst Scott Devitt ignored in a note to clients.
The firm also said the fourth quarter includes Amazon’s strong holiday sales ripen, citing billions of items order, record sales of Amazon devices and more than 5 million new Prime colleagues.
Shares of Amazon are up about 5% in the past three months.
3. Coke earnings
Coca-Cola reports fourth chambers earnings before the bell on Thursday. Analysts polled by FactSet are expecting earnings per share of 44 cents on returns of $8.883 billion. Coca-Cola reported earnings of 43 cents per share on revenue of $7.1 billion in same spell a year prior.
Barclays said Coca-Cola has the potential to be the breakout story among consumer staples names this year, as the make available saw with Procter & Gamble last year. Consumer staple stocks are less tied to the economic cycle, fast in times of uncertainty.
Barclays equity analyst Lauren Lieberman said the firm expects North American jumble sales growth to accelerate after last year’s price increases weighed on sales.
Shares of Coca-Cola are up about 7% in the last three months.
Major events (all times ET):
8:30 a.m. Jobless claims
8:30 a.m. Q4 GDP
8:30 a.m. GDP prices
10:00 a.m. Housing vacancies
Major earnings:
Coca-Cola (in front the bell)
Altria (before the bell)
Eli Lilly (before the bell)
Biogen (before the bell)
Verizon (before the bell)
Truist Pecuniary (before the bell)
Northrop Grumman (before the bell)
Raytheon (before the bell)
UPS (before the bell)
Blackstone (before the bell)
Amazon (after the bell)
Electronic Arts (after the bell)
Amgen (after the bell)
Visa (after the bell)
Hawaiian Holdings (after the bell)
— With detailing from CNBC’s Michael Bloom and Patti Domm.