How Uniswap reacted to the Personal Consumption Expenditures on 31 May 2024

The short answer

An ordinary reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, Uniswap's price swung 1.81 times as much as in a normal 15 minutes that day. For a PCE release, 1.48 times is usual. An hour later the price was 1.56% lower.

1.81x

Ordinary

Trading (volume ratio)
2.50x
usual for PCE: 1.95x
Price at 8:30 AM
$10.930
15 minutes later
+0.46%
One hour later
−1.56%
range 2.56%, hour before 2.10%
UNI/USDT, 1 minute candles around the release, 8:30 AM America/New York

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

Open
10.790
Close
9.880
24h change
-9.21%
24h high
11.140
24h low
9.860
24h volume
3.197M UNI

The release

Released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis on 31 May 2024 at 8:30 AM EDT. The Personal Consumption Expenditures came in at 0.3% for April 2024, against 0.3% in March 2024. Prices are rising at the same pace as 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 Uniswap moved

Uniswap was at $10.930 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.46% higher, and an hour later 1.56% lower. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 2.56% of its price, against 2.1% in the hour before.

Measured by Clometrix

Uniswap's volatility ratio was 1.81x, against 1.48x for a typical PCE release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 2.50x, against a typical 1.95x. 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 Uniswap about as much as those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.50x across 18, against 1.37x across 52. This one came out 12 days before the Federal Reserve's 12 June rate decision. Its own ratio of 1.81x compares with 1.50x for those, so it moved the price more than its circumstances alone would suggest.

Its record

Across 70 PCE releases since 2021, Uniswap's median volatility ratio is 1.48x.

How it compares

Across 70 PCE releases since 2021, Uniswap's usual price swing is 1.48x. This one was 1.22 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: PCE's usual, 1.48x. Thick line: this release, 1.81x.

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 11.01 10.93 10.97 0.36% 0.73% 0.18% 9,994 UNI
5 minutes 11.04 10.93 11.02 0.82% 1.00% 0.46% 25,310 UNI
10 minutes 11.04 10.93 10.98 0.46% 1.00% 0.64% 35,922 UNI
15 minutes 11.04 10.93 10.98 0.46% 1.00% 0.64% 46,264 UNI
30 minutes 11.04 10.93 10.96 0.27% 1.00% 1.00% 67,704 UNI
1 hour 11.04 10.76 10.76 -1.58% 2.54% 2.07% 157,924 UNI
2 hours 11.04 10.48 10.55 -3.60% 5.07% 3.95% 434,325 UNI
4 hours 11.04 10.34 10.47 -4.39% 6.34% 4.76% 680,594 UNI
6 hours 11.04 10.14 10.22 -6.95% 8.15% 4.76% 1.136M UNI
8 hours 11.14 10.34 10.47 -1.72% 7.18% 3.37% 1.478M UNI
12 hours 11.04 9.86 9.88 -10.63% 10.69% 4.85% 1.886M UNI

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for PCE Reaction
Bitcoin 3.32x 2.06x Strong
Ethereum 3.02x 1.79x Strong
XRP 2.00x 1.70x Ordinary
BNB 2.00x 1.78x Ordinary
Solana 2.76x 1.58x Strong
Dogecoin 1.87x 1.51x Ordinary
TRON 1.23x 1.42x Quiet
Cardano 2.82x 1.88x Strong
Chainlink 1.72x 1.61x Ordinary
Sui Not measured 1.52x -
Bitcoin Cash 1.84x 1.67x Ordinary
Hedera 1.79x 1.48x Ordinary
Avalanche 2.31x 1.55x Strong
Litecoin 1.92x 1.64x Ordinary
Shiba Inu 1.68x 1.74x Ordinary
Uniswap 1.81x 1.48x Ordinary
Polkadot 2.01x 1.49x Strong
Aave 1.69x 1.57x Ordinary
Bittensor 1.67x 1.68x Ordinary
NEAR Protocol 3.59x 1.37x Exceptional
Aptos 1.79x 1.70x Ordinary
Internet Computer 1.19x 1.50x Quiet
POL (prev. MATIC) 1.71x 1.56x Ordinary
Filecoin 1.97x 1.50x Strong

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 Uniswap

Questions about this page

Is 1.81x a lot?

For a PCE release it is ordinary: the usual is 1.48x. 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 Uniswap moved in after past PCE releases, so you can plan for the likely size of the move.

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Disclaimer

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