Global news you need to know before the U.S. stock market opens on Friday

The U.S. core PCE price index in December rose 3% year-on-year, exceeding expectations.

U.S. GDP growth in the fourth quarter was 1.4%, lower than expected.

The Eurozone manufacturing PMI reached a three-and-a-half-year high, driven by a rebound in Germany, while France remains below the line of expansion and contraction.

Japanese Prime Minister's policy speech: Break the "excessive fiscal tightening," suspend the food consumption tax, and increase investment in AI and other industries.

Report: NVIDIA is close to finalizing a $30 billion investment in OpenAI, which will replace the $100 billion long-term commitment made by the two companies last year.

Learning from NVIDIA to stimulate chip sales, AMD is providing guarantees for loans for "AI cloud."

The Nikkei 225 index closed down 1.1%, A-shares are on holiday, and the Hang Seng Index closed down 1.1%