How Filecoin reacted to the Personal Consumption Expenditures on 27 May 2022

The short answer

An ordinary reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, Filecoin's price swung 1.60 times as much as in a normal 15 minutes that day. For a PCE release, 1.51 times is usual. An hour later the price was 0.26% higher.

1.60x

Ordinary

Trading (volume ratio)
1.75x
usual for PCE: 2.31x
Price at 8:30 AM
$7.590
15 minutes later
+1.32%
One hour later
+0.26%
range 1.84%, hour before 1.71%
FIL/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
7.700
Close
7.320
24h change
-5.19%
24h high
7.720
24h low
7.140
24h volume
3.945M FIL

The release

Released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis on 27 May 2022 at 8:30 AM EDT. The Personal Consumption Expenditures came in at 0.3% for April 2022, against 0.9% in March 2022. 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 Filecoin moved

Filecoin was at $7.590 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 1.32% higher, and an hour later 0.26% higher. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 1.84% of its price, against 1.71% in the hour before.

Measured by Clometrix

Filecoin's volatility ratio was 1.60x, against 1.51x for a typical PCE release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 1.75x, against a typical 2.31x. 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 Filecoin more than those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.67x across 18, against 1.42x across 52. This one was not within two weeks of a Fed decision. Its own ratio of 1.60x compares with 1.42x for those, about what its circumstances would suggest.

Its record

Across 70 PCE releases since 2021, Filecoin's median volatility ratio is 1.50x.

How it compares

Across 69 PCE releases since 2021, Filecoin's usual price swing is 1.51x. This one was 1.06 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: PCE's usual, 1.51x. Thick line: this release, 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 7.65 7.58 7.62 0.39% 0.92% 0.52% 9,639 FIL
5 minutes 7.65 7.56 7.59 0.00% 1.18% 0.66% 29,336 FIL
10 minutes 7.65 7.56 7.63 0.52% 1.18% 0.66% 41,070 FIL
15 minutes 7.69 7.56 7.69 1.30% 1.69% 1.18% 66,347 FIL
30 minutes 7.70 7.56 7.68 1.17% 1.82% 1.31% 111,948 FIL
1 hour 7.70 7.56 7.61 0.26% 1.82% 1.70% 185,052 FIL
2 hours 7.72 7.56 7.61 0.26% 2.07% 2.61% 375,321 FIL
4 hours 7.72 7.37 7.40 -2.57% 4.53% 3.53% 815,686 FIL
6 hours 7.72 7.22 7.26 -4.55% 6.48% 4.05% 1.265M FIL
8 hours 7.72 7.37 7.40 -0.81% 4.53% 5.57% 1.324M FIL
12 hours 7.72 7.14 7.32 -3.69% 7.51% 5.57% 1.898M FIL

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for PCE Reaction
Bitcoin 2.51x 2.03x Ordinary
Ethereum 2.37x 1.77x Strong
XRP 2.30x 1.81x Ordinary
BNB 1.98x 1.75x Ordinary
Solana 2.11x 1.57x Strong
Dogecoin 1.39x 1.52x Quiet
TRON 2.36x 1.43x Strong
Cardano 1.78x 1.90x Ordinary
Chainlink 1.66x 1.62x Ordinary
Bitcoin Cash 1.70x 1.69x Ordinary
Hedera 1.69x 1.51x Ordinary
Avalanche 2.65x 1.55x Strong
Litecoin 1.65x 1.64x Ordinary
Shiba Inu 1.88x 1.75x Ordinary
Uniswap 2.06x 1.49x Strong
Polkadot 1.30x 1.50x Quiet
Aave 2.11x 1.58x Strong
NEAR Protocol 1.52x 1.43x Ordinary
Internet Computer 1.95x 1.50x Ordinary
POL (prev. MATIC) 1.92x 1.60x Ordinary
Filecoin 1.60x 1.51x 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 Filecoin

Questions about this page

Is 1.60x a lot?

For a PCE release it is ordinary: the usual is 1.51x. 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 Filecoin moved in after past PCE releases, so you can plan for the likely size of the move.

What is PCE, and why does the Fed watch it?

PCE is the Personal Consumption Expenditures price index published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The Federal Reserve measures its 2 percent inflation goal with the PCE price index. PCE, Core PCE and Personal Income are released together at 8:30 a.m. ET and share one reaction. Their median Bitcoin price swing since 2021 is 2.03x, which places them in Tier 2.

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Disclaimer

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