How TRON reacted to the Personal Consumption Expenditures on 29 July 2022

The short answer

An exceptional reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, TRON's price swung 3.21 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 0.73% lower.

3.21x

Exceptional

Trading (volume ratio)
4.92x
usual for PCE: 1.73x
Price at 8:30 AM
$0.0701
15 minutes later
−1.26%
One hour later
−0.73%
range 1.36%, hour before 1.60%
TRX/USDT, 15 minutes candles around the release, 8:30 AM America/New York

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

Open
0.0693
Close
0.0696
24h change
0.36%
24h high
0.0720
24h low
0.0680
24h volume
734.01M TRX

Measured by Clometrix

TRON's volatility ratio was 3.21x, against 1.43x for a typical PCE release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 4.92x, against a typical 1.73x. That is more than twice 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.

How TRON moved

TRON was at $0.0701 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 1.26% lower, and an hour later 0.73% lower. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 1.36% of its price, against 1.6% in the hour before.

The release

Released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis on 29 July 2022 at 8:30 AM EDT. The Personal Consumption Expenditures came in at 0.9% for June 2022, against 0.6% in May 2022. Prices are rising faster 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 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 2 days after the Federal Reserve's 27 July rate decision. Its own ratio of 3.21x compares with 1.49x for those, so it moved the price more than its circumstances alone would suggest.

Its record

Across 70 PCE releases since 2021, TRON's median volatility ratio is 1.42x.

How it compares

Across 69 PCE releases since 2021, TRON's usual price swing is 1.43x. This one was 2.25 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: PCE's usual, 1.43x. Thick line: this release, 3.21x.

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 0.07013 0.06983 0.06989 -0.27% 0.43% 0.26% 5.139M TRX
5 minutes 0.07013 0.06971 0.0698 -0.40% 0.60% 0.34% 9.139M TRX
10 minutes 0.07013 0.06925 0.06939 -0.99% 1.25% 0.53% 20.3M TRX
15 minutes 0.07013 0.06918 0.0692 -1.27% 1.35% 0.53% 26.218M TRX
30 minutes 0.07013 0.06918 0.06932 -1.10% 1.35% 0.72% 34.631M TRX
1 hour 0.07013 0.06918 0.06957 -0.73% 1.35% 1.57% 45.838M TRX
2 hours 0.071 0.06918 0.07089 1.14% 2.56% 2.74% 95.138M TRX
4 hours 0.071 0.0684 0.06841 -2.44% 3.66% 2.74% 203.986M TRX
6 hours 0.071 0.06803 0.06892 -1.68% 4.18% 2.92% 255.16M TRX
8 hours 0.072 0.0684 0.06841 -2.73% 5.00% 2.02% 376.641M TRX
12 hours 0.071 0.06803 0.06955 -0.76% 4.18% 3.75% 358.12M TRX

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for PCE Reaction
Bitcoin 2.23x 2.03x Ordinary
Ethereum 1.93x 1.77x Ordinary
XRP 2.02x 1.81x Ordinary
BNB 1.41x 1.75x Quiet
Solana 1.50x 1.57x Ordinary
Dogecoin 1.84x 1.52x Ordinary
TRON 3.21x 1.43x Exceptional
Cardano 1.48x 1.90x Quiet
Chainlink 1.35x 1.62x Quiet
Bitcoin Cash 2.30x 1.69x Strong
Hedera 1.89x 1.51x Ordinary
Avalanche 1.73x 1.55x Ordinary
Litecoin 1.92x 1.64x Ordinary
Shiba Inu 1.84x 1.75x Ordinary
Uniswap 0.97x 1.49x Quiet
Polkadot 1.30x 1.50x Quiet
Aave 1.64x 1.58x Ordinary
NEAR Protocol 1.48x 1.43x Quiet
Internet Computer 1.32x 1.50x Quiet
POL (prev. MATIC) 1.56x 1.60x Ordinary
Filecoin 1.89x 1.51x Ordinary

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 3.21x a lot?

For a PCE release it is exceptional: the usual is 1.43x. 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 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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