How Avalanche reacted to the Personal Consumption Expenditures on 26 September 2025

The short answer

An ordinary reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, Avalanche's price swung 1.77 times as much as in a normal 15 minutes that day. For a PCE release, 1.55 times is usual. An hour later the price was 0.25% lower.

1.77x

Ordinary

Trading (volume ratio)
4.76x
usual for PCE: 2.37x
Price at 8:30 AM
$27.67
15 minutes later
+0.36%
One hour later
−0.25%
range 1.52%, hour before 1.41%
AVAX/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
28.93
Close
28.99
24h change
0.21%
24h high
29.60
24h low
27.07
24h volume
6.397M AVAX

The release

Released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis on 26 September 2025 at 8:30 AM EDT. The Personal Consumption Expenditures came in at 0.3% for August 2025, against 0.2% in July 2025. 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.

How Avalanche moved

Avalanche was at $27.67 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.36% higher, and an hour later 0.25% lower. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 1.52% of its price, against 1.41% in the hour before.

Measured by Clometrix

Avalanche's volatility ratio was 1.77x, against 1.55x for a typical PCE release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 4.76x, against a typical 2.37x. That is about 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.

What made it matter

Since 2021, PCE releases in the two weeks before a Fed decision have moved Avalanche about as much as those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.55x across 18, against 1.61x across 52. This one was not within two weeks of a Fed decision. Its own ratio of 1.77x compares with 1.61x for those, about what its circumstances would suggest.

Its record

Across 70 PCE releases since 2021, Avalanche's median volatility ratio is 1.55x.

How it compares

Across 70 PCE releases since 2021, Avalanche's usual price swing is 1.55x. This one was 1.14 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: PCE's usual, 1.55x. Thick line: this release, 1.77x.

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 27.69 27.49 27.67 0.00% 0.72% 0.36% 56,281 AVAX
5 minutes 27.86 27.49 27.75 0.29% 1.33% 1.15% 128,578 AVAX
10 minutes 27.89 27.49 27.75 0.29% 1.43% 1.41% 195,705 AVAX
15 minutes 27.89 27.49 27.77 0.36% 1.43% 1.41% 215,143 AVAX
30 minutes 27.89 27.47 27.60 -0.25% 1.51% 1.41% 299,504 AVAX
1 hour 27.89 27.47 27.60 -0.25% 1.51% 1.41% 392,172 AVAX
2 hours 27.89 27.39 27.46 -0.76% 1.79% 2.15% 705,302 AVAX
4 hours 28.25 27.07 28.23 1.98% 4.18% 4.24% 1.624M AVAX
6 hours 29.60 27.07 29.36 5.76% 8.55% 4.34% 2.869M AVAX
8 hours 28.55 27.07 28.23 -0.92% 5.18% 4.83% 2.448M AVAX
12 hours 29.60 27.07 28.99 4.55% 8.55% 5.69% 4.137M AVAX

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for PCE Reaction
Bitcoin 2.97x 2.06x Strong
Ethereum 4.65x 1.79x Exceptional
XRP 6.07x 1.70x Exceptional
BNB 3.37x 1.78x Strong
Solana 4.27x 1.58x Exceptional
Dogecoin 4.12x 1.51x Exceptional
TRON 4.79x 1.42x Exceptional
Cardano 4.45x 1.88x Exceptional
Chainlink 4.06x 1.61x Exceptional
Sui 3.57x 1.52x Exceptional
Bitcoin Cash 3.78x 1.67x Exceptional
Hedera 3.82x 1.48x Exceptional
Avalanche 1.77x 1.55x Ordinary
Litecoin 4.32x 1.64x Exceptional
Gram 4.02x 1.29x Exceptional
Shiba Inu 4.05x 1.74x Exceptional
Uniswap 4.56x 1.48x Exceptional
Polkadot 4.03x 1.49x Exceptional
Aave 4.35x 1.57x Exceptional
Bittensor 3.49x 1.68x Exceptional
NEAR Protocol 3.58x 1.37x Exceptional
Aptos 4.04x 1.70x Exceptional
Internet Computer 3.53x 1.50x Exceptional
POL (prev. MATIC) 3.71x 1.56x Exceptional
Filecoin 4.06x 1.50x Exceptional

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 Avalanche

Questions about this page

Is 1.77x a lot?

For a PCE release it is ordinary: the usual is 1.55x. 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 Avalanche moved in after past PCE releases, so you can plan for the likely size of the move.

More questions · Glossary

Disclaimer

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