How XRP reacted to the International Trade Balance in Goods and Services on 5 May 2026

The release

Released by the Bureau of Census, Bureau of Economic Analysis on 5 May 2026 at 8:30 AM EDT. The deficit widened to $60.3B for March 2026, from $57.3B (The International Trade Balance in Goods and Services).

It arrived at the same moment as International Imports in Goods and Services and International Exports in Goods and Services, so the reaction measured on this page belongs to all of them together.

How XRP moved

XRP was at $1.4100 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 0.71% of its price, against 0.71% in the hour before.

Measured by Clometrix

XRP's volume ratio was 2.57x, against a typical 1.32x. Its volatility ratio could not be measured: the price barely moved through the rest of the day, so there is no ordinary quarter hour to compare against. The ratio compares the quarter hour of the release with an ordinary quarter hour that same day, where 1.00x is no change.

What made it matter

Since 2021, Balance of Trade releases in the two weeks before a Fed decision have moved XRP about as much as those at other times: a median volatility ratio of 1.07x across 22, against 1.08x across 43. This one was not within two weeks of a Fed decision.

Its record

Across 65 Balance of Trade releases since 2021, XRP's median volatility ratio is 1.07x.

What is the International Trade Balance in Goods and Services?

Every Balance of Trade release for XRP