How Litecoin reacted to the Personal Consumption Expenditures on 20 December 2019

Measured by Clometrix

Litecoin's volatility ratio was 2.72x, against 1.64x for a typical PCE release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 2.74x, against a typical 2.01x. 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 Litecoin moved

Litecoin was at $40.26 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.4% lower, and an hour later 1.09% lower. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 2.04% of its price, against 1.07% in the hour before.

The release

Released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis on 20 December 2019 at 10:00 AM EST. The Personal Consumption Expenditures came in at 0.1% for November 2019, against 0.2% in October 2019. Prices are still rising, but more slowly than before.

It arrived at the same moment as Personal Income and Outlays and Core Personal Consumption Expenditures, so the reaction measured on this page belongs to all of them together.

What made it matter

Since 2021, PCE releases in the two weeks before a Fed decision have moved Litecoin more than those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.92x across 17, against 1.49x across 52. This one was not within two weeks of a Fed decision. Its own ratio of 2.72x compares with 1.49x for those, so it moved the price more than its circumstances alone would suggest.

Its record

Across 69 PCE releases since 2021, Litecoin's median volatility ratio is 1.64x.

How it compares

Across 69 PCE releases since 2021, Litecoin's usual price swing is 1.64x. This one was 1.66 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: PCE's usual, 1.64x. Thick line: this release, 2.72x.

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	40.41	40.26	40.38	0.30%	0.37%	0.15%	1,232 LTC
5 minutes	40.41	40.18	40.22	-0.10%	0.57%	0.97%	1,815 LTC
10 minutes	40.41	40.03	40.16	-0.25%	0.94%	1.04%	2,717 LTC
15 minutes	40.41	40.03	40.10	-0.40%	0.94%	1.04%	2,913 LTC
30 minutes	40.41	39.78	39.96	-0.75%	1.56%	1.04%	9,371 LTC
1 hour	40.41	39.59	39.82	-1.10%	2.03%	1.07%	15,948 LTC
2 hours	40.41	39.59	40.02	-0.60%	2.03%	1.07%	21,222 LTC
4 hours	40.41	39.59	40.06	-0.50%	2.03%	1.71%	35,124 LTC
6 hours	40.41	39.59	40.16	-0.25%	2.03%	1.83%	45,910 LTC
8 hours	40.41	39.59	40.06	0.82%	2.03%	1.15%	77,754 LTC
12 hours	40.41	39.59	39.90	-0.90%	2.03%	2.38%	75,798 LTC

Every coin at this release

Coin	Price swing	Usual for PCE	Reaction
Bitcoin	2.51x	2.03x	Ordinary
Ethereum	3.78x	1.77x	Exceptional
XRP	1.79x	1.81x	Ordinary
BNB	1.79x	1.75x	Ordinary
Dogecoin	1.19x	1.52x	Quiet
TRON	2.70x	1.43x	Strong
Cardano	2.52x	1.90x	Strong
Chainlink	0.99x	1.62x	Quiet
Bitcoin Cash	3.19x	1.69x	Strong
Hedera	1.96x	1.51x	Strong
Litecoin	2.72x	1.64x	Strong
POL (prev. MATIC)	1.21x	1.60x	Quiet

What is the Personal Consumption Expenditures?

Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) is a measure of the prices people in the United States pay for goods and services. PCE accounts for about two-thirds of domestic spending and is a significant driver of gross domestic product (GDP). An estimated total of personal consumption expenditures (PCE) is compiled by the Bureau of Economic Analysis as one way to measure and track changes in the prices of consumer goods over time.

Every PCE release for Litecoin

Questions about this page

Is 2.72x a lot?

For a PCE release it is strong: the usual is 1.64x. Each report has its own usual size, and its releases show it.

Will the next PCE do the same?

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

What is PCE, and why does the Fed watch it?

PCE is the Personal Consumption Expenditures price index published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The Federal Reserve measures its 2 percent inflation goal with the PCE price index. PCE, Core PCE and Personal Income are released together at 8:30 a.m. ET and share one reaction. Their median Bitcoin price swing since 2021 is 2.03x, which places them in Tier 2.

Disclaimer

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