US new home sales were expected to rise to an annualized level of 500K from 468K beforehand (before revisions). The revisions are to the downside, to 4.47 million.
Consumer confidence was revised to the downside: from 93.1 to 91.3. No change was predicted. All in all, we have disappointments.
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