This week’s earnings reports are clustered on Thursday: Conagra Brands, Constellation Brands, Lamb Weston Holdings, and Walgreens Boots Alliance all report then. Costco Wholesale also releases December sales data on Wednesday. Fourth-quarter earnings season begins in earnest toward the end of the following week.
The economic data highlight of the week will be jobs Friday. The Department of Labor releases December employment figures that morning, and is expected to show an increase of 374,000 nonfarm payrolls and an unemployment…