How XRP reacted to the Personal Consumption Expenditures on 29 March 2024

The short answer

An ordinary reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, XRP's price swung 1.92 times as much as in a normal 15 minutes that day. For a PCE release, 1.70 times is usual. An hour later the price was 0.90% lower.

1.92x

Ordinary

Trading (volume ratio)
2.33x
usual for PCE: 1.97x
Price at 8:30 AM
$0.6331
15 minutes later
−0.43%
One hour later
−0.90%
range 1.31%, hour before 1.44%
XRP/USDT, 1 hour candles around the release, 8:30 AM America/New York

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

Open
0.6230
Close
0.6280
24h change
0.80%
24h high
0.6455
24h low
0.6087
24h volume
538.897M XRP

The release

Released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis on 29 March 2024 at 8:30 AM EDT. The Personal Consumption Expenditures came in at 0.3% for February 2024, against 0.4% in January 2024. Prices are still rising, but more slowly 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 XRP moved

XRP was at $0.6331 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.43% lower, and an hour later 0.9% lower. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 1.31% of its price, against 1.44% in the hour before.

Measured by Clometrix

XRP's volatility ratio was 1.92x, against 1.70x for a typical PCE release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 2.33x, against a typical 1.97x. 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 XRP less than those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.50x across 17, against 1.93x across 50. This one was not within two weeks of a Fed decision. Its own ratio of 1.92x compares with 1.93x for those, about what its circumstances would suggest.

Its record

Across 67 PCE releases since 2021, XRP's median volatility ratio is 1.70x.

How it compares

Across 67 PCE releases since 2021, XRP's usual price swing is 1.70x. This one was 1.13 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: PCE's usual, 1.70x. Thick line: this release, 1.92x.

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 0.6333 0.6316 0.6321 -0.16% 0.27% 0.19% 1.046M XRP
5 minutes 0.6346 0.6316 0.6325 -0.09% 0.47% 0.30% 3.43M XRP
10 minutes 0.6346 0.6304 0.6308 -0.36% 0.66% 0.74% 6.912M XRP
15 minutes 0.6346 0.6296 0.6304 -0.43% 0.79% 0.96% 9.299M XRP
30 minutes 0.6346 0.6282 0.6284 -0.75% 1.01% 1.01% 14.755M XRP
1 hour 0.6346 0.6263 0.6274 -0.91% 1.31% 1.43% 24.637M XRP
2 hours 0.6455 0.6263 0.6376 0.71% 2.97% 2.49% 67.814M XRP
4 hours 0.6455 0.6204 0.6277 -0.86% 3.89% 3.61% 150.093M XRP
6 hours 0.6455 0.6204 0.6279 -0.83% 3.89% 4.08% 203.839M XRP
8 hours 0.6455 0.6117 0.6277 2.41% 5.24% 2.67% 263.907M XRP
12 hours 0.6455 0.6204 0.628 -0.81% 3.89% 4.08% 278.771M XRP

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for PCE Reaction
Bitcoin 1.43x 2.06x Quiet
Ethereum 1.07x 1.79x Quiet
XRP 1.92x 1.70x Ordinary
BNB 1.75x 1.78x Ordinary
Solana 1.14x 1.58x Quiet
Dogecoin 1.10x 1.51x Quiet
TRON 0.93x 1.42x Quiet
Cardano 1.99x 1.88x Ordinary
Chainlink 1.25x 1.61x Quiet
Sui 0.53x 1.52x Quiet
Bitcoin Cash 1.01x 1.67x Quiet
Hedera 1.56x 1.48x Ordinary
Avalanche 0.83x 1.55x Quiet
Litecoin 1.03x 1.64x Quiet
Shiba Inu 0.95x 1.74x Quiet
Uniswap 1.24x 1.48x Quiet
Polkadot 1.38x 1.49x Quiet
Aave 0.77x 1.57x Quiet
NEAR Protocol 1.23x 1.37x Quiet
Aptos 0.60x 1.70x Quiet
Internet Computer 1.08x 1.50x Quiet
POL (prev. MATIC) 1.12x 1.56x Quiet
Filecoin 1.80x 1.50x 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 XRP

Questions about this page

Is 1.92x a lot?

For a PCE release it is ordinary: the usual is 1.70x. 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 XRP 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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