Here are the most important things to know about Thursday before you hit the door.
1. Morgan Stanley set to report
The nation's fourth-largest bank reports fourth quarter earnings before the bell on Thursday. Barclays is expecting Morgan Stanley to report earnings of $1.08 per share, compared to the 80 cents per share earned in the same quarter last year. The firm expects Morgan Stanley's total revenue for the year to come in at $40.287 billion, compared with the $40.107 billion earned in 2018.
Bank trading revenues have mostly surprised to the upside this earnings season as Wall Street's sales and trading divisions see a pickup in activity. Barclays expects Morgan Stanley's trading revenues to decrease from last quarter, but increase year-over-year.
Shares of Morgan Stanley have risen more than 24% in the last three months.
2. Retail sales
We'll get a read on the health of the U.S. consumer on Thursday when the Commerce Department releases December retail sales. December is one of the busiest months of the year for retail with the holiday shopping season, but retailer Target's stock fell 7% on Wednesday after reporting disappointing holiday sales results. The big box retailer showed weakness in the toy and electronics categories.
Economists are estimating a 0.3% rise in retail sales in December, according to data surveyed by Dow Jones.
Retail sales increased less than expected in November as Americans cut back on discretionary spending because of bleaker economic growth forecasts for the fourth quarter. Retail sales rose 0.2% in November, while economists polled by Dow Jones were expecting a rise of 0.5%.
Excluding autos, economists are expecting a 0.5% rise in retail sales in December, after a 0.1% rise in November.
3. Manufacturing gauge
We'll get a read on the strength of the manufacturing sector when the Philadelphia Federal Reserve's manufacturing index for January comes out on Thursday.
The Philly Fed's manufacturing gauge fell 10 points in December, its lowest reading in six months, showing further signs of manufacturing weakness. Economists polled by Dow Jones estimate a reading of 4 in January, up from December's read of 0.3.
Major events (all times ET):
8:30 a.m. Initial claims
8:30 a.m. Retail sales
8:30 a.m. Import prices
8:30 a.m. Philadelphia Fed
8:30 a.m. Business leaders survey
10:00 a.m. Business inventories
10:00 a.m NAHB
10:00 a.m. Fed Governor Michelle Bowman speaks
4:00 p.m TIC data
Major earnings:
Morgan Stanley (before the bell)
Charles Schwab (before the bell)
CSX (after the bell)
— With reporting from CNBC's Michael Bloom.
Correction: This story was revised to correct that Barclays' expectation of Morgan Stanley's revenue of $40.287 billion is for the full year of 2019.