How Cardano reacted to the Personal Income and Outlays on 29 October 2026

The short answer

Hardly a reaction. In the 15 minutes after the figure came out, Cardano's price swung 1.09 times as much as in a normal 15 minutes that day. For a Personal Income release, 1.88 times is usual. An hour later the price was 0.75% higher.

1.09x

Quiet

Trading (volume ratio)
1.05x
usual for Personal Income: 2.36x
Price at 8:30 AM
$0.2005
15 minutes later
+0.50%
One hour later
+0.75%
range 1.10%, hour before 0.85%
ADA/USDT, 15 minutes candles around the release, 8:30 AM America/New York

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

Open
0.2063
Close
0.1845
24h change
-11.82%
24h high
0.2087
24h low
0.1820
24h volume
233.266M ADA

The release

Released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis on 29 October 2026 at 8:30 AM EDT. The Personal Income and Outlays came in at 0.2% for September 2026, against 0.2% in August 2026. 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, Continued Jobless Claims and Gross Domestic Product Report, so the reaction measured on this page belongs to all of them together.

Measured by Clometrix

Cardano's volatility ratio was 1.09x, against 1.88x for a typical Personal Income release since 2021. Its volume ratio was 1.05x, against a typical 2.36x. 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 Cardano moved

Cardano was at $0.2005 when the figure came out. Fifteen minutes later it was 0.5% higher, and an hour later 0.75% higher. Its high-to-low range in the hour after was 1.1% of its price, against 0.85% in the hour before.

What made it matter

Since 2021, Personal Income releases in the two weeks before a Fed decision have moved Cardano about as much as those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.92x across 18, against 1.88x across 52. This one came out the day after the Federal Reserve's 28 October rate decision. Its own ratio of 1.09x compares with 1.88x for those, so it moved the price less than its circumstances would suggest.

How it compares

Across 70 Personal Income releases since 2021, Cardano's usual price swing is 1.88x. This one was 0.58 times the usual.

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Thin line: Personal Income's usual, 1.88x. Thick line: this release, 1.09x. 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 0.2012 0.2004 0.2005 0.00% 0.40% 0.20% 248,403 ADA
5 minutes 0.2012 0.2002 0.2004 -0.05% 0.50% 0.35% 477,397 ADA
10 minutes 0.2014 0.2002 0.2014 0.45% 0.60% 0.40% 813,942 ADA
15 minutes 0.2015 0.2002 0.2015 0.50% 0.65% 0.45% 1.132M ADA
30 minutes 0.2015 0.2002 0.2013 0.40% 0.65% 0.70% 1.812M ADA
1 hour 0.2024 0.2002 0.202 0.74% 1.09% 0.84% 3.685M ADA
2 hours 0.2028 0.2002 0.2019 0.69% 1.28% 1.38% 7.378M ADA
4 hours 0.2087 0.2002 0.2059 2.62% 4.07% 2.32% 24.605M ADA
6 hours 0.2087 0.2002 0.2027 1.09% 4.07% 2.62% 32.301M ADA
8 hours 0.2087 0.1976 0.2059 3.59% 5.32% 5.23% 35.62M ADA
12 hours 0.2087 0.182 0.1845 -8.67% 12.79% 5.23% 165.743M ADA

Every coin at this release

Coin Price swing Usual for Personal Income Reaction
Bitcoin 1.24x 2.06x Quiet
Ethereum 1.46x 1.79x Quiet
XRP 0.00x 1.70x Quiet
BNB 0.88x 1.78x Quiet
Solana 1.51x 1.58x Ordinary
Dogecoin 1.28x 1.51x Quiet
TRON 0.67x 1.42x Quiet
Cardano 1.09x 1.88x Quiet
Chainlink 1.31x 1.61x Quiet
Sui 1.09x 1.52x Quiet
Bitcoin Cash 0.89x 1.67x Quiet
Hedera 1.16x 1.48x Quiet
Avalanche 0.99x 1.55x Quiet
Litecoin 1.10x 1.64x Quiet
Gram 0.00x 1.29x Quiet
Shiba Inu 0.99x 1.74x Quiet
Uniswap 1.00x 1.48x Quiet
Polkadot 1.14x 1.49x Quiet
Aave 1.27x 1.57x Quiet
Bittensor 1.02x 1.68x Quiet
NEAR Protocol 1.25x 1.37x Quiet
Aptos 1.76x 1.70x Ordinary
Internet Computer 1.01x 1.50x Quiet
POL (prev. MATIC) 1.29x 1.56x Quiet
Filecoin 1.14x 1.50x 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 Cardano

Questions about this page

Is 1.09x 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 Cardano moved in after past Personal Income releases, so you can plan for the likely size of the move.

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Disclaimer

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