How Filecoin reacted to the Personal Income and Outlays on 13 March 2026

The short answer

Hardly a reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, Filecoin's price swung 1.00 times as much as in a normal 15 minutes that day. For a Personal Income release, 1.51 times is usual. An hour later the price was 1.12% higher.

1.00x

Quiet

Trading (volume ratio)
3.21x
usual for Personal Income: 2.31x
Price at 8:30 AM
$0.889
15 minutes later
0.00%
One hour later
+1.12%
range 2.14%, hour before 0.90%
FIL/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
0.890
Close
0.868
24h change
-2.53%
24h high
0.906
24h low
0.861
24h volume
13.261M FIL

The release

Released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis on 13 March 2026 at 8:30 AM EDT. The Personal Income and Outlays came in at 0.4% for January 2026, against 0.3% in December 2025. Personal income is rising faster than before.

It arrived at the same moment as Durable Goods Orders, Durable Goods Orders Excluding Transportation, Gross Domestic Product Report, Personal Consumption Expenditures and Core Personal Consumption Expenditures, so the reaction measured on this page belongs to all of them together.

Measured by Clometrix

Filecoin's volatility ratio was 1.00x, against 1.51x for a typical Personal Income release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 3.21x, against a typical 2.31x. 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 Filecoin moved

Filecoin was at $0.889 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was unchanged, and an hour later 1.12% higher. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 2.14% of its price, against 0.9% in the hour before.

What made it matter

Since 2021, Personal Income releases in the two weeks before a Fed decision have moved Filecoin more than those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.70x across 17, against 1.42x across 52. This one came out 5 days before the Federal Reserve's 18 March rate decision. Its own ratio of 1.00x compares with 1.70x for those, so it moved the price less than its circumstances would suggest.

How it compares

Across 69 Personal Income releases since 2021, Filecoin's usual price swing is 1.51x. This one was 0.66 times the usual.

MutedOrdinaryStrongExceptional

Thin line: Personal Income's usual, 1.51x. Thick line: this release, 1.00x. 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 0.889 0.889 0.889 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 41,787 FIL
5 minutes 0.892 0.887 0.889 0.00% 0.56% 0.34% 247,698 FIL
10 minutes 0.892 0.887 0.89 0.11% 0.56% 0.34% 306,668 FIL
15 minutes 0.892 0.887 0.889 0.00% 0.56% 0.68% 329,658 FIL
30 minutes 0.898 0.887 0.893 0.45% 1.22% 0.90% 501,581 FIL
1 hour 0.906 0.887 0.899 1.11% 2.10% 0.90% 1.213M FIL
2 hours 0.906 0.887 0.90 1.22% 2.10% 1.23% 2.091M FIL
4 hours 0.906 0.884 0.891 0.22% 2.43% 1.79% 4.005M FIL
6 hours 0.906 0.874 0.881 -0.91% 3.53% 1.79% 5.121M FIL
8 hours 0.906 0.88 0.891 0.90% 2.87% 1.79% 6.625M FIL
12 hours 0.906 0.861 0.868 -2.42% 4.97% 1.79% 7.218M FIL

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for Personal Income Reaction
Bitcoin 1.28x 2.03x Quiet
Ethereum 0.84x 1.77x Quiet
XRP 0.00x 1.81x Quiet
BNB 1.01x 1.75x Quiet
Solana 1.12x 1.57x Quiet
Dogecoin 2.39x 1.52x Strong
TRON 1.00x 1.43x Quiet
Cardano 2.10x 1.90x Ordinary
Chainlink 0.80x 1.62x Quiet
Sui 0.00x 1.53x Quiet
Bitcoin Cash 1.39x 1.69x Quiet
Hedera 1.31x 1.51x Quiet
Avalanche 1.55x 1.55x Ordinary
Litecoin 1.14x 1.64x Quiet
Gram Not measured 1.32x -
Shiba Inu 2.56x 1.75x Strong
Uniswap 1.47x 1.49x Quiet
Polkadot 0.00x 1.50x Quiet
Aave 1.21x 1.58x Quiet
Bittensor 1.22x 1.68x Quiet
NEAR Protocol 1.00x 1.43x Quiet
Aptos 1.30x 1.73x Quiet
Internet Computer 1.00x 1.50x Quiet
POL (prev. MATIC) 1.93x 1.60x Ordinary
Filecoin 1.00x 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 Filecoin

Questions about this page

Is 1.00x 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 Filecoin 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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