The release
Released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis on 1 March 2019 at 8:30 AM EST. The Personal Income and Outlays came in at 1.2% for December 2018, against 0.3% in November 2018. Personal income is rising faster 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.
Measured by Clometrix
Bitcoin's volatility ratio was 0.81x, against 2.03x for a typical Personal Income release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 1.03x, against a typical 2.52x. 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 Bitcoin moved
Bitcoin was at $3,831.51 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was unchanged, and an hour later unchanged. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 0.45% of its price, against 0.28% in the hour before.
What made it matter
Since 2021, Personal Income releases in the two weeks before a Fed decision have moved Bitcoin more than those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 2.09x across 17, against 1.81x across 52. This one was not within two weeks of a Fed decision. Its own ratio of 0.81x compares with 1.81x for those, so it moved the price less than its circumstances would suggest.
How it compares
Across 69 Personal Income releases since 2021, Bitcoin's usual price swing is 2.03x. This one was 0.40 times the usual.
Thin line: Personal Income's usual, 2.03x. Thick line: this release, 0.81x. 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 | 3831.82 | 3829.09 | 3830.87 | -0.02% | 0.07% | 0.03% | 18 BTC |
| 5 minutes | 3832.00 | 3826.73 | 3831.99 | 0.01% | 0.14% | 0.07% | 83 BTC |
| 10 minutes | 3832.00 | 3826.73 | 3829.03 | -0.06% | 0.14% | 0.18% | 167 BTC |
| 15 minutes | 3832.00 | 3826.73 | 3831.22 | -0.01% | 0.14% | 0.19% | 222 BTC |
| 30 minutes | 3837.00 | 3826.44 | 3834.92 | 0.09% | 0.28% | 0.28% | 534 BTC |
| 1 hour | 3837.00 | 3819.70 | 3830.05 | -0.04% | 0.45% | 0.28% | 1,507 BTC |
| 2 hours | 3838.93 | 3819.70 | 3830.00 | -0.04% | 0.50% | 0.28% | 2,437 BTC |
| 4 hours | 3854.98 | 3819.70 | 3847.65 | 0.42% | 0.92% | 0.71% | 5,033 BTC |
| 6 hours | 3855.00 | 3819.70 | 3847.55 | 0.42% | 0.92% | 0.82% | 7,013 BTC |
| 8 hours | 3854.98 | 3819.70 | 3847.65 | 0.15% | 0.92% | 0.99% | 9,808 BTC |
| 12 hours | 3857.00 | 3817.00 | 3830.71 | -0.02% | 1.04% | 0.99% | 11,814 BTC |
Every coin at this release
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.Questions about this page
Is 0.81x 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 Bitcoin 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.
Disclaimer
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