Economic calendar
What gold does after the US PCE report
PCE is the inflation figure the Fed aims at, and it comes out at 8:30 a.m. New York time near the end of each month. Here are all 56 releases since 28 January 2022, with gold's move 15 minutes and an hour after each one, from 1-minute spot gold bars.
In the hour after
Gold rose in the hour after 29 of the 55 releases with a move here, from 28 January 2022 to 30 September 2026.
Typical size
The middle-sized move in that hour, up or down, was 0.22%. Half the releases moved gold less than that, half moved it more.
The biggest hours
The largest rise was +0.98% on 28 May 2026. The largest fall was -0.69% on 27 June 2025.
A count of what happened, not a forecast.
Every release since 28 January 2022
PCE, 12 months: the PCE price index against the same month a year before, as each release prints it. Release times from each release of the Bureau of Economic Analysis (Personal Income and Outlays); most are at 8:30 a.m. New York time.
How we measure the move
The move starts at the release minute, read off each release itself. We take the open of the 1-minute bar that starts at that minute and the open of the bar 15 and 60 minutes later, and give the percent change between them.
The gold prices are the 1-minute spot gold (XAU/USD) bars behind the Pravex gold chart, the same bars you see when you open it. Release dates, times and figures come from the agency, and every row links to its release. 1 of the listed releases have no move, because gold was in its daily pause or holiday hours at that minute, or a bar was missing.
Why gold watches PCE
The Bureau of Economic Analysis publishes the PCE price index with personal income and spending. The Fed states its 2% goal in PCE terms, so a surprise here changes what traders expect from rates. CPI comes out earlier in the month, so traders often go into PCE day with a fair idea of the number.
The next one
The next release is on 29 October 2026 at 8:30 a.m. New York time. The row fills in an hour after it. release time on your clock.
Questions and answers
Does gold move after PCE?
Often a little. Across the 55 PCE releases with a move on this page, gold rose in the hour after 29, and the middle-sized move was 0.22%.
What time does PCE come out?
Usually at 8:30 a.m. New York time. The next one is on 29 October 2026 at 8:30 a.m. New York time.
Where do the figures on this page come from?
Dates, times and release figures come from the agency that publishes them, and each row links to the release. Gold's moves are worked out by Pravex from the 1-minute spot gold (XAU/USD) bars of our gold chart. Nothing here is a forecast.
Gold after the other releases
The same table for the other US releases gold traders watch: Gold after CPI, Gold after NFP, Gold after FOMC. live gold price chart. Bitcoin next to gold after FOMC and CPI: the dated table. What the big funds hold: the gold COT report.
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