How TRON reacted to the Personal Consumption Expenditures on 28 February 2020

The short answer

Hardly a reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, TRON's price swung 1.28 times as much as in a normal 15 minutes that day. For a PCE release, 1.43 times is usual. An hour later the price was 1.14% lower.

1.28x

Quiet

Trading (volume ratio)
1.08x
usual for PCE: 1.73x
Price at 8:30 AM
$0.0167
15 minutes later
−0.12%
One hour later
−1.14%
range 2.15%, hour before 3.59%
TRX/USDT, 1 minute candles around the release, 8:30 AM America/New York

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

Open
0.0172
Close
0.0171
24h change
-0.88%
24h high
0.0174
24h low
0.0161
24h volume
883.482M TRX

The release

Released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis on 28 February 2020 at 8:30 AM EST. The Personal Consumption Expenditures came in at 0.1% for January 2020, against 0.3% in December 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.

Measured by Clometrix

TRON's volatility ratio was 1.28x, against 1.43x for a typical PCE release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 1.08x, against a typical 1.73x. 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 TRON moved

TRON was at $0.0167 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.12% lower, and an hour later 1.14% lower. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 2.15% of its price, against 3.59% in the hour before.

What made it matter

Since 2021, PCE releases in the two weeks before a Fed decision have moved TRON about as much as those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.36x across 18, against 1.49x across 52. This one came out 4 days before the Federal Reserve's 3 March rate decision. Its own ratio of 1.28x compares with 1.36x for those, about what its circumstances would suggest.

How it compares

Across 69 PCE releases since 2021, TRON's usual price swing is 1.43x. This one was 0.90 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: PCE's usual, 1.43x. Thick line: this release, 1.28x. 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 0.01674 0.01671 0.01672 0.00% 0.18% 0.42% 555,796 TRX
5 minutes 0.01674 0.01668 0.01669 -0.18% 0.36% 0.60% 1.477M TRX
10 minutes 0.01686 0.01668 0.01679 0.42% 1.07% 0.78% 6.794M TRX
15 minutes 0.01686 0.01668 0.0167 -0.12% 1.07% 1.14% 8.699M TRX
30 minutes 0.01686 0.0166 0.01669 -0.18% 1.54% 2.69% 16.599M TRX
1 hour 0.01686 0.0165 0.01653 -1.15% 2.14% 3.58% 28.494M TRX
2 hours 0.01686 0.0165 0.01675 0.18% 2.14% 3.88% 53.331M TRX
4 hours 0.01694 0.0165 0.01667 -0.30% 2.60% 4.06% 108.585M TRX
6 hours 0.01694 0.01641 0.01661 -0.66% 3.13% 4.52% 172.726M TRX
8 hours 0.01694 0.01607 0.01667 0.30% 5.14% 5.14% 349.888M TRX
12 hours 0.0174 0.01641 0.01707 2.05% 5.69% 7.16% 352.797M TRX

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for PCE Reaction
Bitcoin 1.58x 2.03x Ordinary
Ethereum 1.17x 1.77x Quiet
XRP 1.08x 1.81x Quiet
BNB 1.31x 1.75x Quiet
Dogecoin 1.14x 1.52x Quiet
TRON 1.28x 1.43x Quiet
Cardano 1.20x 1.90x Quiet
Chainlink 1.77x 1.62x Ordinary
Bitcoin Cash 1.32x 1.69x Quiet
Hedera 2.22x 1.51x Strong
Litecoin 1.13x 1.64x Quiet
POL (prev. MATIC) 1.33x 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 TRON

Questions about this page

Is 1.28x a lot?

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

Will the next PCE do the same?

Nobody can say. A forecast shows the range TRON 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.

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Disclaimer

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