Recap:

• NAHB housing market index 55 vs 53 exp
• Housing starts 1093K vs 965K exp
• Initial jobless claims 298K vs 303K exp
• Philly Fed 28.0 vs 19.7 exp
• Markit manufacturing 58.0 vs 55.7 exp
• Existing home sales 5.15m vs 5.02m exp
• Consumer confidence 92.4 vs 89.0 exp
• Richmond Fed +12 vs +6 exp

A govt survey consists of braindead civil servants at the water cooler saying:

. . . "yo, man, you feelin' conf'dant t'day, yo?"
. . . "shit, 'bout wut, man?"
. . . "dunno.  'bout keepin' yo job & shit, man."
. . . "fu*k yeah, man!  we got 'bama in da whyte howse, man!"
. . . "oh yeah, man.  dat mean conf'dance is fu*kin' up, man.  shiiiit."