How XRP reacted to the Personal Consumption Expenditures on 29 January 2021

The short answer

An ordinary reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, XRP's price swung 1.68 times as much as in a normal 15 minutes that day. For a PCE release, 1.81 times is usual. An hour later the price was 4.36% higher.

1.68x

Ordinary

Trading (volume ratio)
1.71x
usual for PCE: 1.95x
Price at 8:30 AM
$0.2819
15 minutes later
+0.87%
One hour later
+4.36%
range 5.99%, hour before 1.39%
XRP/USDT, 15 minutes candles around the release, 8:30 AM America/New York

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

Open
0.2689
Close
0.2992
24h change
10.10%
24h high
0.3172
24h low
0.2592
24h volume
1.763B XRP

The release

Released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis on 29 January 2021 at 8:30 AM EST. The Personal Consumption Expenditures came in at 0.4% for December 2020, against 0.1% in November 2020. 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.

How XRP moved

XRP was at $0.2819 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.87% higher, and an hour later 4.36% higher. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 5.99% of its price, against 1.39% in the hour before.

Measured by Clometrix

XRP's volatility ratio was 1.68x, against 1.81x for a typical PCE release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 1.71x, against a typical 1.95x. 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 XRP less than those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.50x across 17, against 1.93x across 50. This one came out 2 days after the Federal Reserve's 27 January rate decision. Its own ratio of 1.68x compares with 1.93x for those, about what its circumstances would suggest.

Its record

Across 67 PCE releases since 2021, XRP's median volatility ratio is 1.70x.

How it compares

Across 66 PCE releases since 2021, XRP's usual price swing is 1.81x. This one was 0.93 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: PCE's usual, 1.81x. Thick line: this release, 1.68x.

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 0.28238 0.28193 0.28233 0.14% 0.16% 0.16% 560,355 XRP
5 minutes 0.28262 0.2818 0.2824 0.17% 0.29% 0.42% 3.719M XRP
10 minutes 0.28456 0.2818 0.28456 0.92% 0.97% 0.42% 8.74M XRP
15 minutes 0.28819 0.2818 0.28437 0.86% 2.22% 0.64% 19.853M XRP
30 minutes 0.29238 0.2818 0.292 3.45% 3.62% 1.20% 46.861M XRP
1 hour 0.2987 0.2818 0.29421 4.17% 5.66% 1.38% 104.345M XRP
2 hours 0.2987 0.2818 0.28564 1.30% 5.66% 2.48% 163.787M XRP
4 hours 0.2987 0.27814 0.28457 0.93% 6.88% 3.20% 266.117M XRP
6 hours 0.2987 0.27814 0.28095 -0.35% 6.88% 5.84% 366.973M XRP
8 hours 0.2987 0.27814 0.28457 1.01% 6.88% 18.31% 490.148M XRP
12 hours 0.30738 0.27814 0.29916 5.76% 9.51% 18.31% 623.542M XRP

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for PCE Reaction
Bitcoin 0.74x 2.03x Quiet
Ethereum 0.63x 1.77x Quiet
XRP 1.68x 1.81x Ordinary
BNB 0.59x 1.75x Quiet
Solana 0.33x 1.57x Quiet
Dogecoin 1.19x 1.52x Quiet
TRON 13.23x 1.43x Exceptional
Cardano 0.48x 1.90x Quiet
Chainlink 0.76x 1.62x Quiet
Bitcoin Cash 0.55x 1.69x Quiet
Hedera 0.88x 1.51x Quiet
Avalanche 0.28x 1.55x Quiet
Litecoin 0.61x 1.64x Quiet
Uniswap 0.78x 1.49x Quiet
Polkadot 0.69x 1.50x Quiet
Aave 0.52x 1.58x Quiet
NEAR Protocol 0.99x 1.43x Quiet
POL (prev. MATIC) 1.16x 1.60x Quiet
Filecoin 0.48x 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 XRP

Questions about this page

Is 1.68x a lot?

For a PCE release it is ordinary: the usual is 1.81x. 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 XRP 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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