Dec US new home sales figures:

  • Best reading since Feb 2015
  • Up 10.8% vs +2.0% expected
  • Prior was 490K (revised to 491K)
  • Estimates ranged from 478K to 550K

Very little market reaction to the data. USD/JPY dipped about 9 pips to 118.44 but that's more about stocks losing altitude as the S&P 500 falls 11 points to 1892.