How POL (prev. MATIC) reacted to the Personal Consumption Expenditures on 31 March 2023

The short answer

POL (prev. MATIC) was at $1.0800 when the figure came out, and an hour later it was 1.85% higher. The size of the swing against a normal quarter hour has not been measured for this release.

Trading (volume ratio)
4.30x
usual for PCE: 2.13x
Price at 8:30 AM
$1.0800
15 minutes later
+0.93%
One hour later
+1.85%
range 1.85%, hour before 0.93%
POL/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
1.1000
Close
1.1200
24h change
1.79%
24h high
1.1200
24h low
1.0700
24h volume
56.798M POL

The release

Released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis on 31 March 2023 at 8:30 AM EDT. The Personal Consumption Expenditures came in at 0.3% for February 2023, against 0.5% in January 2023. 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 POL (prev. MATIC) moved

POL (prev. MATIC) was at $1.0800 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.93% higher, and an hour later 1.85% higher. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 1.85% of its price, against 0.93% in the hour before.

Measured by Clometrix

POL (prev. MATIC)'s volume ratio was 4.30x, against a typical 2.13x. Its volatility ratio could not be measured: the price barely moved through the rest of the day, so there is no ordinary quarter hour to compare against. The ratio compares the quarter hour of the release with an ordinary quarter hour that same day, where 1.00x is no change.

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 1.93x across 17, against 1.51x across 51. This one was not within two weeks of a Fed decision.

Its record

Across 68 PCE releases since 2021, POL (prev. MATIC)'s median volatility ratio is 1.60x.

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 1.09 1.08 1.09 0.92% 0.92% 0.92% 428,620 POL
5 minutes 1.10 1.08 1.10 1.82% 1.82% 0.92% 1.153M POL
10 minutes 1.10 1.08 1.09 0.92% 1.82% 0.92% 1.652M POL
15 minutes 1.10 1.08 1.09 0.92% 1.82% 0.92% 1.973M POL
30 minutes 1.10 1.08 1.09 0.92% 1.82% 0.92% 2.625M POL
1 hour 1.10 1.08 1.10 1.82% 1.82% 0.92% 4.463M POL
2 hours 1.11 1.08 1.10 1.82% 2.70% 0.92% 11.61M POL
4 hours 1.12 1.08 1.11 2.70% 3.57% 0.92% 17.744M POL
6 hours 1.12 1.08 1.10 1.82% 3.57% 1.83% 21.018M POL
8 hours 1.12 1.08 1.11 2.70% 3.57% 3.60% 23.691M POL
12 hours 1.12 1.08 1.12 3.57% 3.57% 3.60% 33.755M POL

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for PCE Reaction
Bitcoin 3.65x 2.03x Strong
Ethereum 4.87x 1.77x Exceptional
XRP 1.94x 1.81x Ordinary
BNB 3.01x 1.75x Strong
Solana 3.43x 1.57x Exceptional
Dogecoin 2.80x 1.52x Strong
TRON 1.40x 1.43x Quiet
Cardano 1.91x 1.90x Ordinary
Chainlink 2.80x 1.62x Strong
Bitcoin Cash 4.81x 1.69x Exceptional
Hedera 1.00x 1.51x Quiet
Avalanche 3.19x 1.55x Exceptional
Litecoin 3.90x 1.64x Exceptional
Shiba Inu 1.77x 1.75x Ordinary
Uniswap 7.61x 1.49x Exceptional
Polkadot 3.49x 1.50x Exceptional
Aave 2.36x 1.58x Strong
NEAR Protocol 2.06x 1.43x Strong
Aptos 1.70x 1.73x Ordinary
Internet Computer 2.45x 1.50x Strong
POL (prev. MATIC) Not measured 1.60x -
Filecoin 3.49x 1.51x 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 POL (prev. MATIC)

Disclaimer

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