How Internet Computer reacted to the Personal Income and Outlays on 31 August 2023

The short answer

An ordinary reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, Internet Computer's price swung 1.92 times as much as in a normal 15 minutes that day. For a Personal Income release, 1.50 times is usual. An hour later the price was 0.29% lower.

1.92x

Ordinary

Trading (volume ratio)
0.37x
usual for Personal Income: 1.95x
Price at 8:30 AM
$3.470
15 minutes later
0.00%
One hour later
−0.29%
range 0.58%, hour before 1.15%
ICP/USDT, 1 hour candles around the release, 8:30 AM America/New York

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

Open
3.460
Close
3.350
24h change
-3.28%
24h high
3.500
24h low
3.250
24h volume
1.954M ICP

The release

Released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis on 31 August 2023 at 8:30 AM EDT. The Personal Income and Outlays came in at 0.2% for July 2023, against 0.3% in June 2023. Personal income is still rising, but more slowly than before.

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

How Internet Computer moved

Internet Computer was at $3.470 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was unchanged, and an hour later 0.29% lower. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 0.58% of its price, against 1.15% in the hour before.

Measured by Clometrix

Internet Computer's volatility ratio was 1.92x, against 1.50x for a typical Personal Income release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 0.37x, 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, Personal Income releases in the two weeks before a Fed decision have moved Internet Computer less than those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.26x across 17, against 1.71x across 48. This one was not within two weeks of a Fed decision. Its own ratio of 1.92x compares with 1.71x for those, about what its circumstances would suggest.

Its record

Across 65 Personal Income releases since 2021, Internet Computer's median volatility ratio is 1.50x.

How it compares

Across 65 Personal Income releases since 2021, Internet Computer's usual price swing is 1.50x. This one was 1.28 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: Personal Income's usual, 1.50x. Thick line: this release, 1.92x.

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 3.47 3.46 3.47 0.00% 0.29% 0.29% 2,347 ICP
5 minutes 3.47 3.46 3.47 0.00% 0.29% 0.29% 2,696 ICP
10 minutes 3.47 3.46 3.47 0.00% 0.29% 0.29% 3,796 ICP
15 minutes 3.48 3.46 3.47 0.00% 0.57% 0.29% 4,301 ICP
30 minutes 3.48 3.46 3.47 0.00% 0.57% 0.86% 8,248 ICP
1 hour 3.48 3.46 3.46 -0.29% 0.57% 1.14% 32,705 ICP
2 hours 3.48 3.44 3.46 -0.29% 1.15% 1.43% 105,176 ICP
4 hours 3.48 3.36 3.39 -2.36% 3.45% 1.71% 370,313 ICP
6 hours 3.48 3.25 3.36 -3.27% 6.61% 1.71% 789,623 ICP
8 hours 3.50 3.36 3.39 -2.65% 4.00% 1.44% 672,564 ICP
12 hours 3.48 3.25 3.35 -3.58% 6.61% 2.00% 1.136M ICP

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for Personal Income Reaction
Bitcoin 1.10x 2.03x Quiet
Ethereum 0.96x 1.77x Quiet
XRP 0.67x 1.81x Quiet
BNB 1.20x 1.75x Quiet
Solana 1.24x 1.57x Quiet
Dogecoin 1.02x 1.52x Quiet
TRON 0.63x 1.43x Quiet
Cardano 0.71x 1.90x Quiet
Chainlink 0.50x 1.62x Quiet
Sui 0.76x 1.53x Quiet
Bitcoin Cash 0.82x 1.69x Quiet
Hedera 1.46x 1.51x Quiet
Avalanche 1.28x 1.55x Quiet
Litecoin 1.10x 1.64x Quiet
Shiba Inu 1.33x 1.75x Quiet
Uniswap 0.50x 1.49x Quiet
Polkadot 2.88x 1.50x Strong
Aave 1.20x 1.58x Quiet
NEAR Protocol Not measured 1.43x -
Aptos 1.00x 1.73x Quiet
Internet Computer 1.92x 1.50x Ordinary
POL (prev. MATIC) 1.09x 1.60x Quiet
Filecoin 0.94x 1.51x Quiet

What is the Personal Income and Outlays?

Personal Income measures the change in the total value of income received from all sources by consumers. Income is closely correlated with consumer spending, which accounts for a majority of overall economic activity.

Every Personal Income release for Internet Computer

Questions about this page

Is 1.92x a lot?

For a Personal Income release it is ordinary: the usual is 1.50x. Each report has its own usual size, and its releases show it.

Will the next Personal Income do the same?

Nobody can say. A forecast shows the range Internet Computer moved in after past Personal Income 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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