How POL (prev. MATIC) reacted to the Personal Income and Outlays on 27 June 2025

The short answer

Hardly a reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, POL (prev. MATIC)'s price swung 1.43 times as much as in a normal 15 minutes that day. For a Personal Income release, 1.60 times is usual. An hour later the price was 0.52% lower.

1.43x

Quiet

Trading (volume ratio)
1.36x
usual for Personal Income: 2.13x
Price at 8:30 AM
$0.1741
15 minutes later
−0.46%
One hour later
−0.52%
range 0.86%, hour before 0.57%
POL/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
0.1730
Close
0.1746
24h change
0.92%
24h high
0.1767
24h low
0.1714
24h volume
25.667M POL

The release

Released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis on 27 June 2025 at 8:30 AM EDT. The Personal Income and Outlays came in at -0.4% for May 2025, against 0.8% in April 2025. Personal income is falling, after a rise.

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

Measured by Clometrix

POL (prev. MATIC)'s volatility ratio was 1.43x, against 1.60x for a typical Personal Income release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 1.36x, against a typical 2.13x. 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 POL (prev. MATIC) moved

POL (prev. MATIC) was at $0.1741 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.46% lower, and an hour later 0.52% lower. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 0.86% of its price, against 0.57% in the hour before.

What made it matter

Since 2021, Personal Income releases in the two weeks before a Fed decision have moved POL (prev. MATIC) more than those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.93x across 17, against 1.51x across 51. This one was not within two weeks of a Fed decision. Its own ratio of 1.43x compares with 1.51x for those, about what its circumstances would suggest.

How it compares

Across 68 Personal Income releases since 2021, POL (prev. MATIC)'s usual price swing is 1.60x. This one was 0.90 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: Personal Income's usual, 1.60x. Thick line: this release, 1.43x. 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 0.1741 0.1735 0.1735 -0.35% 0.34% 0.11% 46,400 POL
5 minutes 0.1741 0.1731 0.1737 -0.23% 0.57% 0.11% 133,217 POL
10 minutes 0.1741 0.1731 0.1736 -0.29% 0.57% 0.23% 231,971 POL
15 minutes 0.1741 0.1731 0.1733 -0.46% 0.57% 0.46% 339,619 POL
30 minutes 0.1741 0.1726 0.1728 -0.75% 0.86% 0.52% 510,260 POL
1 hour 0.1741 0.1726 0.1732 -0.52% 0.86% 0.57% 949,175 POL
2 hours 0.1743 0.1723 0.1731 -0.58% 1.15% 0.74% 1.991M POL
4 hours 0.1756 0.1723 0.1753 0.68% 1.88% 1.31% 3.968M POL
6 hours 0.1767 0.1723 0.1727 -0.81% 2.49% 1.59% 5.864M POL
8 hours 0.1756 0.1723 0.1753 0.97% 1.88% 2.50% 8.117M POL
12 hours 0.1767 0.1721 0.1746 0.29% 2.60% 2.50% 9.922M POL

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for Personal Income Reaction
Bitcoin 2.54x 2.03x Ordinary
Ethereum 2.16x 1.77x Ordinary
XRP 2.01x 1.81x Ordinary
BNB 2.40x 1.75x Strong
Solana 1.59x 1.57x Ordinary
Dogecoin 1.97x 1.52x Strong
TRON 1.50x 1.43x Quiet
Cardano 2.53x 1.90x Strong
Chainlink 2.02x 1.62x Ordinary
Sui 1.54x 1.53x Ordinary
Bitcoin Cash 1.53x 1.69x Ordinary
Hedera 2.01x 1.51x Strong
Avalanche 2.14x 1.55x Strong
Litecoin 1.83x 1.64x Ordinary
Gram 1.99x 1.32x Strong
Shiba Inu 1.41x 1.75x Quiet
Uniswap 2.02x 1.49x Strong
Polkadot 1.02x 1.50x Quiet
Aave 1.53x 1.58x Ordinary
Bittensor 1.69x 1.68x Ordinary
NEAR Protocol 2.01x 1.43x Strong
Aptos 1.03x 1.73x Quiet
Internet Computer 1.99x 1.50x Strong
POL (prev. MATIC) 1.43x 1.60x Quiet
Filecoin 1.01x 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 POL (prev. MATIC)

Questions about this page

Is 1.43x a lot?

No. Under 1.5x the market barely noticed the release.

Will the next Personal Income do the same?

Nobody can say. A forecast shows the range POL (prev. MATIC) 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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