How POL (prev. MATIC) reacted to the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey on 30 January 2024

The short answer

Hardly a reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, POL (prev. MATIC)'s price swung 1.26 times as much as in a normal 15 minutes that day. For a JOLTs Job Openings release, 1.82 times is usual. An hour later the price was 0.64% higher.

1.26x

Quiet

Trading (volume ratio)
0.84x
usual for JOLTs Job Openings: 2.36x
Price at 10:00 AM
$0.8017
15 minutes later
−0.27%
One hour later
+0.64%
range 1.38%, hour before 0.92%
POL/USDT, 1 hour candles around the release, 10:00 AM America/New York

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

Open
0.8147
Close
0.8005
24h change
-1.77%
24h high
0.8223
24h low
0.7908
24h volume
71.04M POL

The release

Released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on 30 January 2024 at 10:00 AM EST. The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey fell to 8.585M for December 2023, from 8.663M in November 2023.

Measured by Clometrix

POL (prev. MATIC)'s volatility ratio was 1.26x, against 1.82x for a typical JOLTs Job Openings release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 0.84x, against a typical 2.36x. 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 POL (prev. MATIC) moved

POL (prev. MATIC) was at $0.8017 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.27% lower, and an hour later 0.64% higher. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 1.38% of its price, against 0.92% in the hour before.

What made it matter

Since 2021, JOLTs Job Openings releases in the two weeks before a Fed decision have moved POL (prev. MATIC) less than those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.53x across 25, against 1.98x across 43. This one came out the day before the Federal Reserve's 31 January rate decision. Its own ratio of 1.26x compares with 1.53x for those, so it moved the price less than its circumstances would suggest.

How it compares

Across 68 JOLTs Job Openings releases since 2021, POL (prev. MATIC)'s usual price swing is 1.82x. This one was 0.69 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: JOLTs Job Openings's usual, 1.82x. Thick line: this release, 1.26x. 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 0.8019 0.8001 0.8003 -0.17% 0.22% 0.09% 108,736 POL
5 minutes 0.8019 0.7986 0.8001 -0.20% 0.41% 0.22% 237,160 POL
10 minutes 0.8019 0.7977 0.7989 -0.35% 0.52% 0.24% 378,956 POL
15 minutes 0.8019 0.7977 0.7995 -0.28% 0.52% 0.30% 461,550 POL
30 minutes 0.804 0.7977 0.8033 0.20% 0.78% 0.42% 969,573 POL
1 hour 0.8088 0.7977 0.8068 0.63% 1.37% 0.92% 2.717M POL
2 hours 0.8168 0.7977 0.8145 1.57% 2.34% 1.16% 6.639M POL
4 hours 0.8223 0.7977 0.8161 1.76% 2.99% 2.73% 14.562M POL
6 hours 0.8223 0.7977 0.8134 1.44% 2.99% 2.73% 19.952M POL
8 hours 0.8223 0.7956 0.8161 0.67% 3.25% 1.40% 29.493M POL
12 hours 0.8223 0.7908 0.8005 -0.15% 3.83% 2.73% 37.826M POL

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for JOLTs Job Openings Reaction
Bitcoin 1.18x 2.22x Quiet
Ethereum 1.63x 2.00x Ordinary
XRP 0.86x 1.58x Quiet
BNB 1.30x 1.77x Quiet
Solana 0.90x 1.81x Quiet
Dogecoin 1.24x 1.76x Quiet
TRON 1.00x 1.52x Quiet
Cardano 1.07x 1.66x Quiet
Chainlink 1.17x 1.71x Quiet
Sui 1.97x 1.91x Ordinary
Bitcoin Cash 1.29x 1.81x Quiet
Hedera 1.00x 1.53x Quiet
Avalanche 0.90x 1.67x Quiet
Litecoin 1.00x 1.87x Quiet
Shiba Inu 0.76x 1.49x Quiet
Uniswap 1.00x 1.53x Quiet
Polkadot 1.00x 1.63x Quiet
Aave 1.05x 1.79x Quiet
NEAR Protocol 1.04x 1.57x Quiet
Aptos 0.85x 1.77x Quiet
Internet Computer 1.14x 1.69x Quiet
POL (prev. MATIC) 1.26x 1.82x Quiet
Filecoin 1.50x 1.50x Ordinary

What is the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey?

The job openings and labor turnover survey (JOLTS) is a monthly report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the U.S. Department of Labor counting job vacancies and separations, including the number of workers voluntarily quitting employment. The BLS surveys more than 20,000 businesses and government offices to estimate the numbers of U.S. job vacancies, hires, and separations included in the monthly jobs report. The job separations numbers are subdivided into three categories: quits, or voluntary resignations; layoffs and discharges; and other separations, which include deaths and retirements. The number of vacancies is a widely followed indicator of labor demand, while the quits rate is partly a function of employment demand. Job hires and separations can be used to gauge labor turnover.

Every JOLTs Job Openings release for POL (prev. MATIC)

Questions about this page

Is 1.26x a lot?

No. Under 1.5x the market barely noticed the release.

Will the next JOLTs Job Openings do the same?

Nobody can say. A forecast shows the range POL (prev. MATIC) moved in after past JOLTs Job Openings releases, so you can plan for the likely size of the move.

What is the JOLTs report?

JOLTs is the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It is released at 10:00 a.m. ET. Its median Bitcoin price swing since 2021 is 2.22x, which places it in Tier 2.

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