How Chainlink reacted to the Personal Consumption Expenditures on 23 December 2021

The short answer

Hardly a reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, Chainlink's price swung 0.91 times as much as in a normal 15 minutes that day. For a PCE release, 1.62 times is usual. An hour later the price was 0.95% lower.

0.91x

Quiet

Trading (volume ratio)
1.24x
usual for PCE: 2.08x
Price at 8:30 AM
$21.10
15 minutes later
−0.57%
One hour later
−0.95%
range 1.33%, hour before 1.37%
LINK/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
20.08
Close
22.50
24h change
10.76%
24h high
22.62
24h low
20.07
24h volume
7.563M LINK

The release

Released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis on 23 December 2021 at 8:30 AM EST. The Personal Consumption Expenditures came in at 0.7% for November 2021, against 0.6% in October 2021. Prices are rising faster than before.

It arrived at the same moment as Durable Goods Orders, Durable Goods Orders Excluding Transportation, 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.

Measured by Clometrix

Chainlink's volatility ratio was 0.91x, against 1.62x for a typical PCE release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 1.24x, against a typical 2.08x. Under 1.5x is not a reaction at all: the market barely noticed this release. 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.

How Chainlink moved

Chainlink was at $21.10 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.57% lower, and an hour later 0.95% lower. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 1.33% of its price, against 1.37% in the hour before.

What made it matter

Since 2021, PCE releases in the two weeks before a Fed decision have moved Chainlink about as much as those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.62x across 17, against 1.59x across 52. This one was not within two weeks of a Fed decision. Its own ratio of 0.91x compares with 1.59x for those, so it moved the price less than its circumstances would suggest.

How it compares

Across 69 PCE releases since 2021, Chainlink's usual price swing is 1.62x. This one was 0.56 times the usual.

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Thin line: PCE's usual, 1.62x. Thick line: this release, 0.91x. Under 1.5x counts as no reaction at all.

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 21.10 21.06 21.07 -0.14% 0.19% 0.09% 4,159 LINK
5 minutes 21.12 21.05 21.11 0.05% 0.33% 0.52% 15,553 LINK
10 minutes 21.12 21.03 21.05 -0.24% 0.43% 0.80% 40,827 LINK
15 minutes 21.12 20.95 20.98 -0.57% 0.80% 0.80% 84,885 LINK
30 minutes 21.12 20.95 20.99 -0.52% 0.80% 1.13% 132,210 LINK
1 hour 21.13 20.85 20.90 -0.96% 1.33% 1.36% 285,551 LINK
2 hours 21.18 20.85 21.15 0.24% 1.56% 2.51% 498,456 LINK
4 hours 21.37 20.85 21.33 1.08% 2.43% 5.49% 988,129 LINK
6 hours 21.92 20.85 21.73 2.90% 4.88% 5.96% 1.989M LINK
8 hours 21.49 20.31 21.33 4.13% 5.49% 4.02% 2.942M LINK
12 hours 22.62 20.85 22.50 6.22% 7.82% 6.61% 3.709M LINK

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for PCE Reaction
Bitcoin 0.75x 2.03x Quiet
Ethereum 0.82x 1.77x Quiet
XRP 0.72x 1.81x Quiet
BNB 0.73x 1.75x Quiet
Solana 0.48x 1.57x Quiet
Dogecoin 1.04x 1.52x Quiet
TRON 0.80x 1.43x Quiet
Cardano 0.98x 1.90x Quiet
Chainlink 0.91x 1.62x Quiet
Bitcoin Cash 0.75x 1.69x Quiet
Hedera 0.98x 1.51x Quiet
Avalanche 0.71x 1.55x Quiet
Litecoin 0.56x 1.64x Quiet
Shiba Inu 0.93x 1.75x Quiet
Uniswap 0.86x 1.49x Quiet
Polkadot 0.97x 1.50x Quiet
Aave 0.99x 1.58x Quiet
NEAR Protocol 0.75x 1.43x Quiet
Internet Computer 1.27x 1.50x Quiet
POL (prev. MATIC) 1.36x 1.60x Quiet
Filecoin 0.74x 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 Chainlink

Questions about this page

Is 0.91x a lot?

No. Under 1.5x the market barely noticed the release.

Will the next PCE do the same?

Nobody can say. A forecast shows the range Chainlink 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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