The buck is little changed in the wake of a jump in US consumer confidence. Falling fuel prices are the main driver of the improved confidence as the index rose to 56.9 from 51.9. New home sales were soft, at a 515,000 annual rate down from 530,000 last month. The pace of price falls seems to be moderating, a modest silver lining seen both in the Case Shiller data and now in the Ofheo figures. The year over year decline in Ofheo was 4.8% but unchanged in the month-over-month measure.