How Bitcoin Cash reacted to the Personal Consumption Expenditures on 28 June 2024

The short answer

A strong reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, Bitcoin Cash's price swung 2.34 times as much as in a normal 15 minutes that day. For a PCE release, 1.67 times is usual. An hour later the price was 1.41% lower.

2.34x

Strong

Trading (volume ratio)
6.61x
usual for PCE: 2.00x
Price at 8:30 AM
$404.90
15 minutes later
−0.89%
One hour later
−1.41%
range 1.65%, hour before 1.26%
BCH/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
387.70
Close
387.90
24h change
0.05%
24h high
407.00
24h low
384.00
24h volume
68,233 BCH

Measured by Clometrix

Bitcoin Cash's volatility ratio was 2.34x, against 1.67x for a typical PCE release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 6.61x, against a typical 2.00x. That is a strong reaction by this release's own standard. 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 Bitcoin Cash moved

Bitcoin Cash was at $404.90 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.89% lower, and an hour later 1.41% lower. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 1.65% of its price, against 1.26% in the hour before.

The release

Released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis on 28 June 2024 at 8:30 AM EDT. The Personal Consumption Expenditures came in at 0.0% for May 2024, against 0.3% in April 2024. Prices were flat.

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.

What made it matter

Since 2021, PCE releases in the two weeks before a Fed decision have moved Bitcoin Cash about as much as those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.74x across 18, against 1.64x across 52. This one was not within two weeks of a Fed decision. Its own ratio of 2.34x compares with 1.64x for those, so it moved the price more than its circumstances alone would suggest.

Its record

Across 70 PCE releases since 2021, Bitcoin Cash's median volatility ratio is 1.67x.

How it compares

Across 70 PCE releases since 2021, Bitcoin Cash's usual price swing is 1.67x. This one was 1.40 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: PCE's usual, 1.67x. Thick line: this release, 2.34x.

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 405.60 400.90 404.50 -0.10% 1.16% 0.25% 1,040 BCH
5 minutes 405.60 400.90 402.80 -0.52% 1.16% 0.47% 1,792 BCH
10 minutes 405.60 400.90 403.60 -0.32% 1.16% 0.57% 1,972 BCH
15 minutes 405.60 400.60 401.30 -0.90% 1.23% 1.11% 2,478 BCH
30 minutes 405.60 400.60 401.20 -0.92% 1.23% 1.11% 3,217 BCH
1 hour 405.60 398.90 399.20 -1.43% 1.65% 1.25% 4,829 BCH
2 hours 405.60 396.20 398.10 -1.71% 2.32% 1.57% 8,191 BCH
4 hours 405.60 386.10 389.60 -3.93% 4.81% 2.97% 26,952 BCH
6 hours 405.60 385.50 387.90 -4.38% 4.96% 4.32% 29,277 BCH
8 hours 407.00 386.10 389.60 -1.41% 5.14% 2.65% 42,759 BCH
12 hours 405.60 384.00 387.90 -4.38% 5.33% 5.06% 37,846 BCH

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for PCE Reaction
Bitcoin 4.35x 2.06x Exceptional
Ethereum 3.52x 1.79x Strong
XRP 3.43x 1.70x Exceptional
BNB 2.58x 1.78x Strong
Solana 2.71x 1.58x Strong
Dogecoin 2.22x 1.51x Strong
TRON 1.87x 1.42x Strong
Cardano 1.92x 1.88x Ordinary
Chainlink 1.68x 1.61x Ordinary
Sui 2.05x 1.52x Strong
Bitcoin Cash 2.34x 1.67x Strong
Hedera 1.73x 1.48x Ordinary
Avalanche 2.36x 1.55x Strong
Litecoin 2.12x 1.64x Ordinary
Shiba Inu 1.98x 1.74x Ordinary
Uniswap 1.60x 1.48x Ordinary
Polkadot 1.65x 1.49x Ordinary
Aave 1.05x 1.57x Quiet
Bittensor 1.90x 1.68x Ordinary
NEAR Protocol 1.98x 1.37x Strong
Aptos 2.27x 1.70x Strong
Internet Computer 1.50x 1.50x Ordinary
POL (prev. MATIC) 2.05x 1.56x Strong
Filecoin 1.98x 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 Bitcoin Cash

Questions about this page

Is 2.34x a lot?

For a PCE release it is strong: the usual is 1.67x. 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 Bitcoin Cash moved in after past PCE releases, so you can plan for the likely size of the move.

More questions · Glossary

Disclaimer

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