1. Investors will be busy with a plethora of U.S. data next week, with the jobs report on Friday being the highlight. The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey for December will be released on Tuesday. The University of Michigan's preliminary consumer sentiment reading will be released on Friday. Wholesale inflation in the European Union will be released on Wednesday, followed by retail sales on Thursday. 2. Earnings season will continue with notable companies like Alphabet, Palantir Technologies, Novo Nordisk, Walt Disney, and Qualcomm reporting results. 3. The earnings spotlight includes companies like Palantir Technologies, NXP Semiconductors, IDEXX Laboratories, Tyson Foods, and Clorox on Monday, and Alphabet, Merck, PepsiCo, Advanced Micro Devices, and Amgen on Tuesday.