How Solana reacted to the Personal Consumption Expenditures on 29 October 2026

The short answer

An ordinary reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, Solana's price swung 1.51 times as much as in a normal 15 minutes that day. For a PCE release, 1.58 times is usual. An hour later the price was 0.36% higher.

1.51x

Ordinary

Trading (volume ratio)
1.76x
usual for PCE: 1.93x
Price at 8:30 AM
$100.46
15 minutes later
+0.16%
One hour later
+0.36%
range 0.77%, hour before 0.43%
SOL/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
102.26
Close
93.07
24h change
-9.87%
24h high
103.18
24h low
92.34
24h volume
4.143M SOL

The release

Released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis on 29 October 2026 at 8:30 AM EDT. The Personal Consumption Expenditures came in at 0.5% for September 2026, against 0.3% in August 2026. Prices are rising faster than before. That was exactly what the consensus expected.

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

How Solana moved

Solana was at $100.46 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.16% higher, and an hour later 0.36% higher. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 0.77% of its price, against 0.43% in the hour before.

Measured by Clometrix

Solana's volatility ratio was 1.51x, against 1.58x for a typical PCE release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 1.76x, against a typical 1.93x. 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 Solana about as much as those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.60x across 18, against 1.57x across 52. This one came out the day after the Federal Reserve's 28 October rate decision. Its own ratio of 1.51x compares with 1.57x for those, about what its circumstances would suggest.

Its record

Across 70 PCE releases since 2021, Solana's median volatility ratio is 1.58x.

How it compares

Across 70 PCE releases since 2021, Solana's usual price swing is 1.58x. This one was 0.95 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: PCE's usual, 1.58x. Thick line: this release, 1.51x.

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 100.73 100.42 100.48 0.02% 0.31% 0.09% 4,967 SOL
5 minutes 100.78 100.39 100.46 0.00% 0.39% 0.16% 20,316 SOL
10 minutes 100.78 100.19 100.59 0.13% 0.59% 0.22% 30,481 SOL
15 minutes 100.78 100.19 100.62 0.16% 0.59% 0.26% 33,515 SOL
30 minutes 100.78 100.19 100.54 0.08% 0.59% 0.37% 51,412 SOL
1 hour 100.96 100.19 100.82 0.36% 0.76% 0.43% 90,835 SOL
2 hours 100.98 100.16 100.84 0.38% 0.81% 0.77% 180,389 SOL
4 hours 103.18 100.16 102.19 1.69% 2.93% 1.02% 540,943 SOL
6 hours 103.18 100.16 100.82 0.36% 2.93% 1.13% 701,705 SOL
8 hours 103.18 99.80 102.19 2.05% 3.28% 2.95% 749,586 SOL
12 hours 103.18 92.34 93.07 -7.94% 10.51% 2.95% 3.301M SOL

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for PCE Reaction
Bitcoin 1.24x 2.06x Quiet
Ethereum 1.46x 1.79x Quiet
XRP 0.00x 1.70x Quiet
BNB 0.88x 1.78x Quiet
Solana 1.51x 1.58x Ordinary
Dogecoin 1.28x 1.51x Quiet
TRON 0.67x 1.42x Quiet
Cardano 1.09x 1.88x Quiet
Chainlink 1.31x 1.61x Quiet
Sui 1.09x 1.52x Quiet
Bitcoin Cash 0.89x 1.67x Quiet
Hedera 1.16x 1.48x Quiet
Avalanche 0.99x 1.55x Quiet
Litecoin 1.10x 1.64x Quiet
Gram 0.00x 1.29x Quiet
Shiba Inu 0.99x 1.74x Quiet
Uniswap 1.00x 1.48x Quiet
Polkadot 1.14x 1.49x Quiet
Aave 1.27x 1.57x Quiet
Bittensor 1.02x 1.68x Quiet
NEAR Protocol 1.25x 1.37x Quiet
Aptos 1.76x 1.70x Ordinary
Internet Computer 1.01x 1.50x Quiet
POL (prev. MATIC) 1.29x 1.56x Quiet
Filecoin 1.14x 1.50x 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 Solana

Questions about this page

Is 1.51x a lot?

For a PCE release it is ordinary: the usual is 1.58x. 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 Solana 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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