How Uniswap reacted to the Personal Consumption Expenditures on 28 May 2026

The short answer

Hardly a reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, Uniswap's price swung 1.02 times as much as in a normal 15 minutes that day. For a PCE release, 1.48 times is usual. An hour later the price was unchanged.

1.02x

Quiet

Trading (volume ratio)
1.21x
usual for PCE: 1.95x
Price at 8:30 AM
$3.010
15 minutes later
+0.33%
One hour later
0.00%
range 1.00%, hour before 0.66%
UNI/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
3.090
Close
3.070
24h change
-0.65%
24h high
3.100
24h low
2.970
24h volume
6.192M UNI

The release

Released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis on 28 May 2026 at 8:30 AM EDT. The Personal Consumption Expenditures came in at 0.4% for April 2026, against 0.7% in March 2026. Prices are still rising, but more slowly than before.

It arrived at the same moment as Durable Goods Orders, Durable Goods Orders Excluding Transportation, Gross Domestic Product Report, Personal Income and Outlays, Core Personal Consumption Expenditures, Initial Jobless Claims and Continued Jobless Claims, so the reaction measured on this page belongs to all of them together.

Measured by Clometrix

Uniswap's volatility ratio was 1.02x, against 1.48x for a typical PCE release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 1.21x, against a typical 1.95x. 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 Uniswap moved

Uniswap was at $3.010 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.33% higher, and an hour later unchanged. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 1% of its price, against 0.66% in the hour before.

What made it matter

Since 2021, PCE releases in the two weeks before a Fed decision have moved Uniswap about as much as those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.50x across 18, against 1.37x across 52. This one was not within two weeks of a Fed decision. Its own ratio of 1.02x compares with 1.37x for those, so it moved the price less than its circumstances would suggest.

How it compares

Across 70 PCE releases since 2021, Uniswap's usual price swing is 1.48x. This one was 0.69 times the usual.

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Thin line: PCE's usual, 1.48x. Thick line: this release, 1.02x. 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 3.02 3.01 3.02 0.33% 0.33% 0.00% 3,910 UNI
5 minutes 3.02 3.01 3.02 0.33% 0.33% 0.33% 24,227 UNI
10 minutes 3.02 3.01 3.02 0.33% 0.33% 0.33% 41,137 UNI
15 minutes 3.03 3.01 3.02 0.33% 0.66% 0.33% 58,481 UNI
30 minutes 3.03 3.01 3.02 0.33% 0.66% 0.33% 130,026 UNI
1 hour 3.03 3.00 3.01 0.00% 0.99% 0.66% 274,788 UNI
2 hours 3.03 2.97 3.01 0.00% 1.98% 0.99% 786,116 UNI
4 hours 3.04 2.97 3.03 0.66% 2.30% 1.32% 1.464M UNI
6 hours 3.08 2.97 3.07 1.95% 3.57% 2.29% 1.785M UNI
8 hours 3.04 2.97 3.03 0.00% 2.30% 2.58% 2.55M UNI
12 hours 3.08 2.97 3.07 1.95% 3.57% 3.55% 2.389M UNI

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for PCE Reaction
Bitcoin 1.12x 2.06x Quiet
Ethereum 1.28x 1.79x Quiet
XRP 0.00x 1.70x Quiet
BNB 1.32x 1.78x Quiet
Solana 1.52x 1.58x Ordinary
Dogecoin 1.35x 1.51x Quiet
TRON 1.29x 1.42x Quiet
Cardano 2.11x 1.88x Ordinary
Chainlink 2.01x 1.61x Ordinary
Sui 1.52x 1.52x Ordinary
Bitcoin Cash 1.03x 1.67x Quiet
Hedera 1.68x 1.48x Ordinary
Avalanche 1.80x 1.55x Ordinary
Litecoin 1.71x 1.64x Ordinary
Gram 2.01x 1.29x Strong
Shiba Inu 1.36x 1.74x Quiet
Uniswap 1.02x 1.48x Quiet
Polkadot 1.03x 1.49x Quiet
Aave 1.13x 1.57x Quiet
Bittensor 1.68x 1.68x Ordinary
NEAR Protocol 0.68x 1.37x Quiet
Aptos 1.89x 1.70x Ordinary
Internet Computer 1.05x 1.50x Quiet
POL (prev. MATIC) 1.81x 1.56x Ordinary
Filecoin 1.15x 1.50x 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 Uniswap

Questions about this page

Is 1.02x 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 Uniswap moved in after past PCE releases, so you can plan for the likely size of the move.

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Disclaimer

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