How Hedera reacted to the Federal Reserve Interest Rate Decision on 14 December 2022

The short answer

A strong reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, Hedera's price swung 4.61 times as much as in a normal 15 minutes that day. For a Fed Interest Rate release, 2.99 times is usual. An hour later the price was 0.85% lower.

4.61x

Strong

Trading (volume ratio)
17.16x
usual for Fed Interest Rate: 5.19x
Price at 2:00 PM
$0.047100
15 minutes later
−0.21%
One hour later
−0.85%
range 1.91%, hour before 2.12%
HBAR/USDT, 15 minutes candles around the release, 2:00 PM America/New York

The dashed orange line is the release. Chart data from Binance.

Open
0.047700
Close
0.045400
24h change
-5.07%
24h high
0.047800
24h low
0.045300
24h volume
62.222M HBAR

Measured by Clometrix

Hedera's volatility ratio was 4.61x, against 2.99x for a typical Fed Interest Rate release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 17.16x, against a typical 5.19x. That is a strong reaction by this release's own standard. 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 Hedera moved

Hedera was at $0.047100 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.21% lower, and an hour later 0.85% lower. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 1.91% of its price, against 2.12% in the hour before.

The release

Released by the Federal Open Market Committee on 14 December 2022 at 2:00 PM EST. The Federal Open Market Committee raised its target range for the federal funds rate by 50 basis points, to 4.25–4.50%.

What made it matter

Since 2021, Fed decisions that changed the rate have moved Hedera more than those that held it: a median volatility ratio of 3.91x across 18, against 2.70x across 29. This one changed the rate. Its own ratio of 4.61x compares with 3.91x for those, so it moved the price more than its circumstances alone would suggest.

Its record

Across 47 Fed Interest Rate releases since 2021, Hedera's median volatility ratio is 2.99x.

How it compares

Across 47 Fed Interest Rate releases since 2021, Hedera's usual price swing is 2.99x. This one was 1.54 times the usual.

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Thin line: Fed Interest Rate's usual, 2.99x. Thick line: this release, 4.61x.

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 0.0473 0.0465 0.047 -0.21% 1.69% 2.10% 2.072M HBAR
5 minutes 0.0473 0.0464 0.0469 -0.43% 1.90% 2.10% 5.104M HBAR
10 minutes 0.0473 0.0464 0.0467 -0.86% 1.90% 2.10% 5.444M HBAR
15 minutes 0.0473 0.0464 0.047 -0.21% 1.90% 2.10% 5.96M HBAR
30 minutes 0.0473 0.0464 0.0469 -0.43% 1.90% 2.10% 7.328M HBAR
1 hour 0.0473 0.0464 0.0467 -0.86% 1.90% 2.10% 10.687M HBAR
2 hours 0.0473 0.0464 0.0466 -1.07% 1.90% 2.10% 13.567M HBAR
4 hours 0.0473 0.0464 0.0467 -0.86% 1.90% 2.51% 16.749M HBAR
6 hours 0.0473 0.0464 0.0467 -0.86% 1.90% 2.51% 18.664M HBAR
8 hours 0.0478 0.0464 0.0467 -1.93% 2.93% 1.05% 31.081M HBAR
12 hours 0.0473 0.0453 0.0454 -3.74% 4.23% 2.51% 34.858M HBAR

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for Fed Interest Rate Reaction
Bitcoin 13.93x 4.24x Exceptional
Ethereum 11.53x 4.08x Exceptional
XRP 10.38x 3.61x Exceptional
BNB 5.91x 3.05x Strong
Solana 7.84x 3.11x Exceptional
Dogecoin 12.47x 3.69x Exceptional
TRON 5.23x 2.50x Exceptional
Cardano 8.53x 3.31x Exceptional
Chainlink 10.41x 3.50x Exceptional
Bitcoin Cash 9.16x 3.19x Exceptional
Hedera 4.61x 2.99x Strong
Avalanche 7.72x 3.47x Exceptional
Litecoin 8.59x 3.37x Exceptional
Shiba Inu 7.74x 3.45x Exceptional
Uniswap 7.97x 3.05x Exceptional
Polkadot 8.73x 3.16x Exceptional
Aave 10.65x 3.41x Exceptional
NEAR Protocol 6.22x 3.33x Strong
Aptos 10.88x 2.93x Exceptional
Internet Computer 14.04x 3.24x Exceptional
POL (prev. MATIC) 14.20x 2.93x Exceptional
Filecoin 13.03x 4.03x Exceptional

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.

Every Fed Interest Rate release for Hedera

Questions about this page

Is 4.61x a lot?

For a Fed Interest Rate release it is strong: the usual is 2.99x. Each report has its own usual size, and its releases show it.

Will the next Fed Interest Rate do the same?

Nobody can say. A forecast shows the range Hedera 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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