The release
Released by the Federal Open Market Committee on 19 December 2018 at 2:00 PM EST. The Federal Open Market Committee raised its target range for the federal funds rate by 25 basis points, to 2.25–2.50%.
Measured by Clometrix
BNB's volatility ratio was 1.15x, against 3.05x for a typical Fed Interest Rate release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 0.89x, against a typical 3.85x. Under 1.5x is not a reaction at all: the market barely noticed this release. Both compare the quarter hour of the release with an ordinary quarter hour that same day, where 1.00x is no change: volatility is how far the price ranged, volume how much traded.
How BNB moved
BNB was at $5.61 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.71% higher, and an hour later 0.36% lower. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 2.14% of its price, against 1.07% in the hour before.
What made it matter
Since 2021, Fed decisions that changed the rate have moved BNB more than those that held it: a median volatility ratio of 4.14x across 18, against 2.49x across 29. This one changed the rate. Its own ratio of 1.15x compares with 4.14x for those, so it moved the price less than its circumstances would suggest.
How it compares
Across 47 Fed Interest Rate releases since 2021, BNB's usual price swing is 3.05x. This one was 0.38 times the usual.
Thin line: Fed Interest Rate's usual, 3.05x. Thick line: this release, 1.15x. Under 1.5x counts as no reaction at all.
Minute by minute
Each row is the time after the release, with the same length of time before it for comparison.
| After | High | Low | Close | Change | Range | Range before | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 minute | 5.62 | 5.60 | 5.62 | 0.18% | 0.36% | 0.00% | 60 BNB |
| 5 minutes | 5.64 | 5.60 | 5.62 | 0.18% | 0.71% | 0.53% | 3,074 BNB |
| 10 minutes | 5.66 | 5.60 | 5.65 | 0.71% | 1.06% | 0.71% | 11,126 BNB |
| 15 minutes | 5.66 | 5.60 | 5.65 | 0.71% | 1.06% | 0.71% | 11,893 BNB |
| 30 minutes | 5.69 | 5.60 | 5.68 | 1.23% | 1.58% | 0.71% | 19,920 BNB |
| 1 hour | 5.69 | 5.57 | 5.59 | -0.36% | 2.11% | 1.06% | 42,588 BNB |
| 2 hours | 5.69 | 5.47 | 5.51 | -1.81% | 3.87% | 2.29% | 106,611 BNB |
| 4 hours | 5.69 | 5.29 | 5.39 | -4.08% | 7.03% | 4.05% | 233,279 BNB |
| 6 hours | 5.69 | 5.24 | 5.35 | -4.86% | 7.91% | 6.52% | 328,265 BNB |
| 8 hours | 5.69 | 5.29 | 5.39 | -3.53% | 7.03% | 9.43% | 497,001 BNB |
| 12 hours | 5.69 | 5.24 | 5.42 | -3.51% | 7.91% | 9.43% | 667,408 BNB |
Every coin at this release
What is the Federal Reserve Interest Rate Decision?
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) has eight regularly scheduled meetings each year, but they can meet more often if the need should arise. The meetings are not held in public and are therefore the subject of much speculation on Wall Street, as analysts attempt to predict whether the Fed will tighten or loosen the money supply with a resulting increase or decrease in interest rates.Questions about this page
Is 1.15x a lot?
No. Under 1.5x the market barely noticed the release.
Will the next Fed Interest Rate do the same?
Nobody can say. A forecast shows the range BNB moved in after past Fed Interest Rate releases, so you can plan for the likely size of the move.
Why does Bitcoin move when US economic data comes out?
Bitcoin often shows larger price swings in the minutes after major US economic reports. Those reports change expectations about interest rates, inflation and economic growth. Clometrix measures the size of the resulting price swings, not their direction. Tier 1 reports such as CPI, Core CPI and Core Inflation have a median Bitcoin price swing of 4.29x since 2021.
Which US economic reports move crypto the most?
The reports with the largest median Bitcoin price swings since 2021 are CPI, Core CPI and Core Inflation at 4.29x, the Fed Interest Rate at 4.24x, and Non-Farm Payrolls together with Non-Farm Private Payrolls and the Unemployment Rate at 3.20x. These are Tier 1. Clometrix sets tiers from the median Bitcoin price swing since 2021. Tier 1 means at least 3 times an ordinary 15 minutes.
Does Ethereum react to US data the same way Bitcoin does?
Ethereum's median price swings since 2021 are close to Bitcoin's for most reports. For CPI, Core CPI and Core Inflation the median is 4.37x for Ethereum and 4.29x for Bitcoin. For the Fed Interest Rate it is 4.08x versus 4.24x.
What time does the Fed announce its interest rate decision?
The Federal Reserve announces its interest rate decision at 2:00 p.m. ET. Clometrix measures the 15 minutes from that statement. The median Bitcoin price swing for the Fed Interest Rate since 2021 is 4.24x across 47 releases. Clometrix shows each release in the reader's own time zone.
Does Clometrix measure the Fed chair's press conference?
No. Clometrix measures the 15 minutes from the 2:00 p.m. statement. It does not measure the press conference separately. The Fed Interest Rate has a median Bitcoin price swing of 4.24x since 2021.
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