Matthew Boesler

The company is considered a bellwether for the global economy and the release is closely watched by market participants.

More than 50 percent of those polled expect stocks to be the asset class with the highest returns in 2013.

With a lot of uncertainty weighing on markets due to the potential for a "fiscal hurricane" to materialize, the Fed's QE3 program could be "very exposed," according to Deutsche Bank's Alan Ruskin.

Recent GDP figures show the economy contracting at the highest rate since the 2011 earthquake.

While the fiscal cliff and the euro crisis have been consistently at the forefront of investors' minds throughout this year, there are plenty of other big risks to marketsand the economy as well that haven't garnered the same attention and awareness. Some of those risks are even to the upside.

The euro zone will likely extend more aid to Greece if the troubled nation goes ahead with controversial labor reforms.

Economist Nouriel Roubini gives 3 reasons why Germany is reluctant to mutualize debt.