How Aave reacted to Initial Jobless Claims on 15 September 2022

The short answer

An ordinary reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, Aave's price swung 1.67 times as much as in a normal 15 minutes that day. For an Initial Claims release, 1.38 times is usual. An hour later the price was 0.49% lower.

1.67x

Ordinary

Trading (volume ratio)
1.88x
usual for Initial Claims: 1.64x
Price at 8:30 AM
$81.40
15 minutes later
+0.25%
One hour later
−0.49%
range 1.60%, hour before 0.49%
AAVE/USDT, 10 minutes candles around the release, 8:30 AM America/New York

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

Open
83.10
Close
78.50
24h change
-5.86%
24h high
84.20
24h low
77.30
24h volume
219,590 AAVE

The release

Released by the Department of Labor on 15 September 2022 at 8:30 AM EDT. Initial Jobless Claims fell to 197K for the week ending 10th Sep, from 204K in the week ending 3rd Sep.

It arrived at the same moment as Retail Sales, Retail Sales Excluding Automobiles, Import Price Index, Export Price Index and Continued Jobless Claims, so the reaction measured on this page belongs to all of them together.

How Aave moved

Aave was at $81.40 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.25% higher, and an hour later 0.49% lower. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 1.6% of its price, against 0.49% in the hour before.

Measured by Clometrix

Aave's volatility ratio was 1.67x, against 1.38x for a typical Initial Claims release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 1.88x, against a typical 1.64x. That is about what this release usually does. 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.

What made it matter

Since 2021, Initial Claims releases in the two weeks before a Fed decision have moved Aave about as much as those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.45x across 92, against 1.34x across 204. This one came out 6 days before the Federal Reserve's 21 September rate decision. Its own ratio of 1.67x compares with 1.45x for those, about what its circumstances would suggest.

Its record

Across 296 Initial Claims releases since 2021, Aave's median volatility ratio is 1.38x.

How it compares

Across 296 Initial Claims releases since 2021, Aave's usual price swing is 1.38x. This one was 1.21 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: Initial Claims's usual, 1.38x. Thick line: this release, 1.67x.

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 81.80 81.30 81.80 0.49% 0.61% 0.25% 660 AAVE
5 minutes 82.00 81.30 81.30 -0.12% 0.85% 0.37% 1,339 AAVE
10 minutes 82.00 81.00 81.70 0.37% 1.22% 0.37% 2,121 AAVE
15 minutes 82.00 81.00 81.60 0.25% 1.22% 0.49% 2,552 AAVE
30 minutes 82.00 81.00 81.70 0.37% 1.22% 0.49% 2,909 AAVE
1 hour 82.00 80.70 81.00 -0.49% 1.59% 0.49% 5,558 AAVE
2 hours 82.00 80.40 80.60 -0.99% 1.95% 1.47% 11,746 AAVE
4 hours 82.00 77.70 79.80 -2.01% 5.24% 1.71% 54,745 AAVE
6 hours 82.00 77.70 79.90 -1.88% 5.24% 5.11% 63,041 AAVE
8 hours 82.10 77.70 79.80 -2.13% 5.36% 5.11% 72,082 AAVE
12 hours 82.00 77.30 78.50 -3.69% 5.73% 5.11% 106,564 AAVE

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for Initial Claims Reaction
Bitcoin 1.35x 1.52x Quiet
Ethereum 1.39x 1.47x Quiet
XRP 1.86x 1.18x Strong
BNB 1.79x 1.42x Ordinary
Solana 2.42x 1.39x Strong
Dogecoin 2.34x 1.39x Strong
TRON 2.07x 1.33x Strong
Cardano 1.74x 1.35x Ordinary
Chainlink 1.47x 1.43x Quiet
Bitcoin Cash 1.42x 1.34x Quiet
Hedera 1.50x 1.32x Quiet
Avalanche 2.22x 1.42x Strong
Litecoin 1.42x 1.38x Quiet
Shiba Inu 2.14x 1.34x Strong
Uniswap 2.19x 1.35x Strong
Polkadot 1.96x 1.31x Strong
Aave 1.67x 1.38x Ordinary
NEAR Protocol 2.00x 1.24x Strong
Internet Computer 1.50x 1.46x Quiet
POL (prev. MATIC) 1.77x 1.42x Ordinary
Filecoin 1.49x 1.27x Quiet

What is Initial Jobless Claims?

The weekly claims report is released Thursdays at 8:30 a.m. ET by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). Initial claims are new jobless claims filed by U.S. workers seeking unemployment compensation, included in the unemployment insurance weekly claims report. The report, published since 1967, includes a separate count of workers receiving unemployment insurance benefits, known as continuing claims.

Every Initial Claims release for Aave

Questions about this page

Is 1.67x a lot?

For an Initial Claims release it is ordinary: the usual is 1.38x. Each report has its own usual size, and its releases show it.

Will the next Initial Claims do the same?

Nobody can say. A forecast shows the range Aave moved in after past Initial Claims releases, so you can plan for the likely size of the move.

Do weekly jobless claims move crypto?

Weekly jobless claims have a median Bitcoin price swing of 1.52x since 2021, which places Initial Claims and Continued Claims in Tier 3. They are released at 8:30 a.m. ET. When a claims release falls on the same minute as a bigger report, such as CPI, the reaction belongs to both. Clometrix measures 296 claims releases in the record since 2021.

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Disclaimer

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