How Cardano reacted to the Personal Consumption Expenditures on 29 April 2022

The short answer

Hardly a reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, Cardano's price swung 1.28 times as much as in a normal 15 minutes that day. For a PCE release, 1.90 times is usual. An hour later the price was 0.23% higher.

1.28x

Quiet

Trading (volume ratio)
1.73x
usual for PCE: 2.40x
Price at 8:30 AM
$0.8179
15 minutes later
+0.33%
One hour later
+0.23%
range 1.08%, hour before 1.41%
ADA/USDT, 5 minutes candles around the release, 8:30 AM America/New York

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

Open
0.8427
Close
0.8118
24h change
-3.81%
24h high
0.8495
24h low
0.7891
24h volume
140.331M ADA

The release

Released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis on 29 April 2022 at 8:30 AM EDT. The Personal Consumption Expenditures came in at 0.9% for March 2022, against 0.6% in February 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.

Measured by Clometrix

Cardano's volatility ratio was 1.28x, against 1.90x for a typical PCE release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 1.73x, against a typical 2.40x. 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 Cardano moved

Cardano was at $0.8179 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.33% higher, and an hour later 0.23% higher. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 1.08% of its price, against 1.41% in the hour before.

What made it matter

Since 2021, PCE releases in the two weeks before a Fed decision have moved Cardano about as much as those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.92x across 18, against 1.88x across 52. This one came out 5 days before the Federal Reserve's 4 May rate decision. Its own ratio of 1.28x compares with 1.92x for those, so it moved the price less than its circumstances would suggest.

How it compares

Across 69 PCE releases since 2021, Cardano's usual price swing is 1.90x. This one was 0.68 times the usual.

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Thin line: PCE's usual, 1.90x. 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 0.8179 0.8158 0.8166 -0.16% 0.26% 0.18% 604,835 ADA
5 minutes 0.8186 0.8158 0.8184 0.06% 0.34% 0.22% 1.126M ADA
10 minutes 0.8186 0.8158 0.8175 -0.05% 0.34% 0.35% 1.439M ADA
15 minutes 0.821 0.8158 0.8206 0.33% 0.63% 0.46% 1.964M ADA
30 minutes 0.821 0.815 0.8156 -0.28% 0.73% 1.07% 3.067M ADA
1 hour 0.8221 0.8133 0.8198 0.23% 1.07% 1.40% 5.714M ADA
2 hours 0.8239 0.8131 0.8146 -0.41% 1.31% 1.84% 13.426M ADA
4 hours 0.8239 0.8112 0.8172 -0.09% 1.54% 3.82% 22.416M ADA
6 hours 0.8239 0.8051 0.8085 -1.16% 2.28% 4.13% 32.833M ADA
8 hours 0.837 0.805 0.8172 -2.39% 3.82% 2.26% 56.387M ADA
12 hours 0.8239 0.7891 0.8118 -0.75% 4.22% 5.24% 74.18M ADA

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for PCE Reaction
Bitcoin 2.03x 2.03x Ordinary
Ethereum 1.46x 1.77x Quiet
XRP 2.04x 1.81x Ordinary
BNB 1.02x 1.75x Quiet
Solana 1.30x 1.57x Quiet
Dogecoin 0.91x 1.52x Quiet
TRON 1.84x 1.43x Ordinary
Cardano 1.28x 1.90x Quiet
Chainlink 1.62x 1.62x Ordinary
Bitcoin Cash 1.89x 1.69x Ordinary
Hedera 1.51x 1.51x Ordinary
Avalanche 1.25x 1.55x Quiet
Litecoin 1.60x 1.64x Ordinary
Shiba Inu 0.70x 1.75x Quiet
Uniswap 1.40x 1.49x Quiet
Polkadot 1.33x 1.50x Quiet
Aave 1.10x 1.58x Quiet
NEAR Protocol 1.20x 1.43x Quiet
Internet Computer 1.15x 1.50x Quiet
POL (prev. MATIC) 1.01x 1.60x Quiet
Filecoin 1.70x 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 Cardano

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 Cardano 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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