How Solana reacted to the Personal Income and Outlays on 26 September 2025

The short answer

An exceptional reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, Solana's price swung 4.27 times as much as in a normal 15 minutes that day. For a Personal Income release, 1.57 times is usual. An hour later the price was 0.43% higher.

4.27x

Exceptional

Trading (volume ratio)
6.78x
usual for Personal Income: 1.85x
Price at 8:30 AM
$194.24
15 minutes later
+1.47%
One hour later
+0.43%
range 2.74%, hour before 1.52%
SOL/USDT, 10 minutes candles around the release, 8:30 AM America/New York

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

Open
194.98
Close
204.34
24h change
4.58%
24h high
205.52
24h low
190.80
24h volume
5.589M SOL

Measured by Clometrix

Solana's volatility ratio was 4.27x, against 1.57x for a typical Personal Income release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 6.78x, against a typical 1.85x. That is more than twice 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.

How Solana moved

Solana was at $194.24 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 1.47% higher, and an hour later 0.43% higher. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 2.74% of its price, against 1.52% in the hour before.

The release

Released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis on 26 September 2025 at 8:30 AM EDT. The Personal Income and Outlays came in at 0.4% for August 2025, against 0.4% in July 2025. Personal income is still rising, but more slowly than before.

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.

What made it matter

Since 2021, Personal Income 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 1.58x across 17, against 1.57x across 52. This one was not within two weeks of a Fed decision. Its own ratio of 4.27x compares with 1.57x for those, so it moved the price more than its circumstances alone would suggest.

Its record

Across 69 Personal Income releases since 2021, Solana's median volatility ratio is 1.57x.

How it compares

Across 69 Personal Income releases since 2021, Solana's usual price swing is 1.57x. This one was 2.71 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: Personal Income's usual, 1.57x. Thick line: this release, 4.27x.

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 194.30 192.98 193.75 -0.25% 0.68% 0.37% 85,250 SOL
5 minutes 196.37 192.98 195.75 0.77% 1.73% 0.92% 180,500 SOL
10 minutes 198.31 192.98 196.86 1.33% 2.69% 1.23% 296,497 SOL
15 minutes 198.31 192.98 197.10 1.45% 2.69% 1.26% 322,338 SOL
30 minutes 198.31 192.98 196.67 1.24% 2.69% 1.26% 436,009 SOL
1 hour 198.31 192.98 195.07 0.43% 2.69% 1.52% 536,514 SOL
2 hours 198.31 192.98 195.19 0.49% 2.69% 1.96% 1.007M SOL
4 hours 199.34 192.98 198.43 2.11% 3.19% 2.96% 1.669M SOL
6 hours 202.66 192.98 202.20 3.94% 4.78% 3.14% 2.288M SOL
8 hours 199.34 190.80 198.43 1.05% 4.28% 2.54% 2.507M SOL
12 hours 205.52 192.98 204.34 4.94% 6.10% 3.42% 3.283M SOL

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for Personal Income Reaction
Bitcoin 2.97x 2.03x Strong
Ethereum 4.65x 1.77x Exceptional
XRP 6.07x 1.81x Exceptional
BNB 3.37x 1.75x Strong
Solana 4.27x 1.57x Exceptional
Dogecoin 4.12x 1.52x Exceptional
TRON 4.79x 1.43x Exceptional
Cardano 4.45x 1.90x Exceptional
Chainlink 4.06x 1.62x Exceptional
Sui 3.57x 1.53x Exceptional
Bitcoin Cash 3.78x 1.69x Exceptional
Hedera 3.82x 1.51x Exceptional
Avalanche 1.77x 1.55x Ordinary
Litecoin 4.32x 1.64x Exceptional
Gram 4.02x 1.32x Exceptional
Shiba Inu 4.05x 1.75x Exceptional
Uniswap 4.56x 1.49x Exceptional
Polkadot 4.03x 1.50x Exceptional
Aave 4.35x 1.58x Exceptional
Bittensor 3.49x 1.68x Exceptional
NEAR Protocol 3.58x 1.43x Exceptional
Aptos 4.04x 1.73x Exceptional
Internet Computer 3.53x 1.50x Exceptional
POL (prev. MATIC) 3.71x 1.60x Exceptional
Filecoin 4.06x 1.51x Exceptional

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 Solana

Questions about this page

Is 4.27x a lot?

For a Personal Income release it is exceptional: the usual is 1.57x. 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 Solana 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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