How Uniswap reacted to the Personal Consumption Expenditures on 24 November 2021

The short answer

An ordinary reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, Uniswap's price swung 1.57 times as much as in a normal 15 minutes that day. For a PCE release, 1.49 times is usual. An hour later the price was 1.96% lower.

1.57x

Ordinary

Trading (volume ratio)
0.91x
usual for PCE: 1.89x
Price at 8:30 AM
$21.440
15 minutes later
−0.61%
One hour later
−1.96%
range 2.89%, hour before 1.59%
UNI/USDT, 30 minutes candles around the release, 8:30 AM America/New York

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

Open
22.020
Close
21.110
24h change
-4.31%
24h high
22.100
24h low
20.530
24h volume
1.409M UNI

The release

Released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis on 24 November 2021 at 8:30 AM EST. The Personal Consumption Expenditures came in at 0.6% for October 2021, against 0.3% in September 2021. Prices are rising faster than before.

It arrived at the same moment as Durable Goods Orders, Durable Goods Orders Excluding Transportation, Gross Domestic Product Report, Personal Income and Outlays, Core Personal Consumption Expenditures, Initial Jobless Claims and Continued Jobless Claims, so the reaction measured on this page belongs to all of them together.

How Uniswap moved

Uniswap was at $21.440 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.61% lower, and an hour later 1.96% lower. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 2.89% of its price, against 1.59% in the hour before.

Measured by Clometrix

Uniswap's volatility ratio was 1.57x, against 1.49x for a typical PCE release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 0.91x, against a typical 1.89x. 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 17, against 1.37x across 52. This one was not within two weeks of a Fed decision. Its own ratio of 1.57x compares with 1.37x for those, about what its circumstances would suggest.

Its record

Across 69 PCE releases since 2021, Uniswap's median volatility ratio is 1.49x.

How it compares

Across 69 PCE releases since 2021, Uniswap's usual price swing is 1.49x. This one was 1.05 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: PCE's usual, 1.49x. Thick line: this release, 1.57x.

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 21.45 21.43 21.45 0.05% 0.09% 0.09% 215 UNI
5 minutes 21.50 21.43 21.46 0.09% 0.33% 0.33% 3,059 UNI
10 minutes 21.50 21.31 21.33 -0.52% 0.88% 0.47% 6,942 UNI
15 minutes 21.50 21.30 21.31 -0.61% 0.93% 0.65% 10,333 UNI
30 minutes 21.50 20.97 21.02 -2.00% 2.47% 0.93% 56,993 UNI
1 hour 21.50 20.88 21.02 -2.00% 2.88% 1.57% 120,642 UNI
2 hours 21.50 20.88 21.03 -1.95% 2.88% 1.75% 159,283 UNI
4 hours 21.50 20.85 20.88 -2.68% 3.02% 2.74% 316,502 UNI
6 hours 21.50 20.53 20.57 -4.23% 4.51% 3.18% 512,894 UNI
8 hours 21.90 20.85 20.88 -4.84% 4.79% 2.31% 551,296 UNI
12 hours 21.50 20.53 21.11 -1.56% 4.51% 3.62% 776,281 UNI

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for PCE Reaction
Bitcoin 1.81x 2.03x Ordinary
Ethereum 1.80x 1.77x Ordinary
XRP 1.01x 1.81x Quiet
BNB 1.25x 1.75x Quiet
Solana 1.24x 1.57x Quiet
Dogecoin 1.41x 1.52x Quiet
TRON 1.13x 1.43x Quiet
Cardano 2.04x 1.90x Ordinary
Chainlink 1.72x 1.62x Ordinary
Bitcoin Cash 1.31x 1.69x Quiet
Hedera 1.24x 1.51x Quiet
Avalanche 1.04x 1.55x Quiet
Litecoin 1.28x 1.64x Quiet
Shiba Inu 0.81x 1.75x Quiet
Uniswap 1.57x 1.49x Ordinary
Polkadot 1.23x 1.50x Quiet
Aave 1.58x 1.58x Ordinary
NEAR Protocol 1.25x 1.43x Quiet
Internet Computer 0.57x 1.50x Quiet
POL (prev. MATIC) 1.51x 1.60x Ordinary
Filecoin 1.38x 1.51x 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 Uniswap

Questions about this page

Is 1.57x a lot?

For a PCE release it is ordinary: the usual is 1.49x. 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.

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.

More questions · Glossary

Disclaimer

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