How Chainlink reacted to the Personal Consumption Expenditures on 30 August 2024

The short answer

Hardly a reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, Chainlink's price swung 1.38 times as much as in a normal 15 minutes that day. For a PCE release, 1.61 times is usual. An hour later the price was unchanged.

1.38x

Quiet

Trading (volume ratio)
2.57x
usual for PCE: 2.09x
Price at 8:30 AM
$11.11
15 minutes later
+0.27%
One hour later
0.00%
range 0.99%, hour before 0.90%
LINK/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
10.96
Close
11.15
24h change
1.70%
24h high
11.20
24h low
10.50
24h volume
1.604M LINK

The release

Released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis on 30 August 2024 at 8:30 AM EDT. The Personal Consumption Expenditures came in at 0.2% for July 2024, against 0.1% in June 2024. Prices are rising faster 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.

Measured by Clometrix

Chainlink's volatility ratio was 1.38x, against 1.61x for a typical PCE release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 2.57x, against a typical 2.09x. 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 $11.11 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.27% higher, and an hour later unchanged. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 0.99% of its price, against 0.9% 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 18, against 1.59x across 52. This one was not within two weeks of a Fed decision. Its own ratio of 1.38x compares with 1.59x for those, about what its circumstances would suggest.

How it compares

Across 70 PCE releases since 2021, Chainlink's usual price swing is 1.61x. This one was 0.86 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: PCE's usual, 1.61x. Thick line: this release, 1.38x. 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 11.17 11.10 11.15 0.36% 0.63% 0.18% 7,096 LINK
5 minutes 11.17 11.10 11.13 0.18% 0.63% 0.36% 19,786 LINK
10 minutes 11.17 11.10 11.12 0.09% 0.63% 0.54% 23,310 LINK
15 minutes 11.17 11.10 11.14 0.27% 0.63% 0.54% 28,486 LINK
30 minutes 11.17 11.09 11.10 -0.09% 0.72% 0.90% 38,510 LINK
1 hour 11.17 11.06 11.11 0.00% 0.98% 0.90% 61,833 LINK
2 hours 11.17 10.93 10.98 -1.18% 2.15% 0.99% 168,328 LINK
4 hours 11.17 10.50 10.59 -4.91% 6.00% 1.61% 617,603 LINK
6 hours 11.17 10.50 11.01 -0.91% 6.00% 1.61% 785,554 LINK
8 hours 11.20 10.50 10.59 -5.48% 6.25% 2.15% 769,923 LINK
12 hours 11.17 10.50 11.15 0.36% 6.00% 2.32% 1.092M LINK

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for PCE Reaction
Bitcoin 2.80x 2.06x Strong
Ethereum 4.14x 1.79x Exceptional
XRP 1.70x 1.70x Ordinary
BNB 1.82x 1.78x Ordinary
Solana 1.82x 1.58x Ordinary
Dogecoin 1.94x 1.51x Ordinary
TRON 1.00x 1.42x Quiet
Cardano 2.66x 1.88x Strong
Chainlink 1.38x 1.61x Quiet
Sui 1.91x 1.52x Ordinary
Bitcoin Cash 1.98x 1.67x Ordinary
Hedera 1.34x 1.48x Quiet
Avalanche 1.68x 1.55x Ordinary
Litecoin 1.69x 1.64x Ordinary
Gram 1.35x 1.29x Quiet
Shiba Inu 1.72x 1.74x Ordinary
Uniswap 2.96x 1.48x Strong
Polkadot 1.49x 1.49x Quiet
Aave 2.21x 1.57x Strong
Bittensor 1.81x 1.68x Ordinary
NEAR Protocol 2.02x 1.37x Strong
Aptos 1.50x 1.70x Ordinary
Internet Computer 2.00x 1.50x Strong
POL (prev. MATIC) 1.91x 1.56x Ordinary
Filecoin 1.50x 1.50x 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 Chainlink

Questions about this page

Is 1.38x 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.

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Disclaimer

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