How POL (prev. MATIC) reacted to the Personal Consumption Expenditures on 27 November 2024

The short answer

Hardly a reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, POL (prev. MATIC)'s price swung 0.80 times as much as in a normal 15 minutes that day. For a PCE release, 1.56 times is usual. An hour later the price was 0.90% higher.

0.80x

Quiet

Trading (volume ratio)
0.77x
usual for PCE: 2.18x
Price at 10:00 AM
$0.5643
15 minutes later
−0.30%
One hour later
+0.90%
range 2.30%, hour before 1.03%
POL/USDT, 1 minute candles around the release, 10:00 AM America/New York

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

Open
0.5287
Close
0.5610
24h change
5.76%
24h high
0.5842
24h low
0.5221
24h volume
108.798M POL

The release

Released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis on 27 November 2024 at 10:00 AM EST. The Personal Consumption Expenditures came in at 0.3% for October 2024, against 0.2% in September 2024. 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

POL (prev. MATIC)'s volatility ratio was 0.80x, against 1.56x for a typical PCE release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 0.77x, against a typical 2.18x. 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 POL (prev. MATIC) moved

POL (prev. MATIC) was at $0.5643 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.3% lower, and an hour later 0.9% higher. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 2.3% of its price, against 1.03% in the hour before.

What made it matter

Since 2021, PCE releases in the two weeks before a Fed decision have moved POL (prev. MATIC) more than those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.87x across 18, against 1.51x across 51. This one was not within two weeks of a Fed decision. Its own ratio of 0.80x compares with 1.51x for those, so it moved the price less than its circumstances would suggest.

How it compares

Across 69 PCE releases since 2021, POL (prev. MATIC)'s usual price swing is 1.56x. This one was 0.51 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: PCE's usual, 1.56x. Thick line: this release, 0.80x. 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 0.5646 0.5633 0.5633 -0.18% 0.23% 0.11% 63,845 POL
5 minutes 0.5646 0.5618 0.5627 -0.28% 0.50% 0.51% 243,167 POL
10 minutes 0.5646 0.5616 0.5622 -0.37% 0.53% 0.57% 547,629 POL
15 minutes 0.5646 0.5608 0.5626 -0.30% 0.67% 0.60% 804,625 POL
30 minutes 0.5663 0.5608 0.5654 0.19% 0.97% 1.03% 2.423M POL
1 hour 0.5738 0.5608 0.5694 0.90% 2.27% 1.03% 5.336M POL
2 hours 0.5738 0.5608 0.564 -0.05% 2.27% 1.84% 12.065M POL
4 hours 0.5738 0.5608 0.5661 0.32% 2.27% 3.38% 17.55M POL
6 hours 0.5772 0.5608 0.5702 1.03% 2.84% 3.68% 24.916M POL
8 hours 0.5738 0.5457 0.5661 1.41% 4.90% 7.54% 37.693M POL
12 hours 0.5842 0.5596 0.561 -0.59% 4.21% 7.56% 47.853M POL

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for PCE Reaction
Bitcoin 1.26x 2.06x Quiet
Ethereum 0.98x 1.79x Quiet
XRP 0.95x 1.70x Quiet
BNB 0.93x 1.78x Quiet
Solana 1.06x 1.58x Quiet
Dogecoin 1.02x 1.51x Quiet
TRON 1.00x 1.42x Quiet
Cardano 1.43x 1.88x Quiet
Chainlink 1.31x 1.61x Quiet
Sui 1.33x 1.52x Quiet
Bitcoin Cash 1.09x 1.67x Quiet
Hedera 1.56x 1.48x Ordinary
Avalanche 1.71x 1.55x Ordinary
Litecoin 0.67x 1.64x Quiet
Gram 1.27x 1.29x Quiet
Shiba Inu 1.05x 1.74x Quiet
Uniswap 3.04x 1.48x Exceptional
Polkadot 0.88x 1.49x Quiet
Aave 1.62x 1.57x Ordinary
Bittensor 0.99x 1.68x Quiet
NEAR Protocol 0.87x 1.37x Quiet
Aptos 0.75x 1.70x Quiet
Internet Computer 0.73x 1.50x Quiet
POL (prev. MATIC) 0.80x 1.56x Quiet
Filecoin 0.99x 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 POL (prev. MATIC)

Questions about this page

Is 0.80x 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 POL (prev. MATIC) 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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