Macro Rumble

How DIA (Dow Jones ETF) reacts to macro news

DIA moves 2.6× a normal 2–3pm ET hour after FOMC; 56% of releases give it a top-10% 2–3pm ET hour.

62 releases since 2017 · median move vs matched normal 2–3pm ET hours

DIA (Dow Jones ETF) has data for 1,078 scheduled macro releases across 8 event types. The biggest typical +1h move (median size, either direction) came after FOMC rate decision (±0.30%, 2.6× a normal 2–3pm ET hour), the smallest after US Producer Price Index (PPI) (±0.18%, 1.3× a normal opening hour).

Next release that moves DIA: US initial jobless claims,

US events only; IEX venue prices, regular hours, so 08:30 ET releases are measured from the 09:30 open.

Thin early years: IEX traded DIA thinly before about 2021 (especially DIA, and TLT before 2020), so some 5-minute bars are empty and some early releases are measured from fewer trades.

How much bigger the DIA move is after each event than in a normal 2–3pm ET hour (median vs matched quiet 2–3pm ET hours; 1× = no different). Faded bars are not clearly above noise. Tap a bar for every release.

Every event, ranked by how much it moves DIA

Ranked by the move multiple: the median move after a release vs a matched normal 2–3pm ET hour. "Top-10%" is how often a release gives a move bigger than 90% of normal ones (10% would be no different from normal). Impact is the event's site-wide rating (see methodology). Typical move sizes by window follow (median absolute move, either direction). Click a column to sort; click an event for every release.

Event× normalTop-10%Impact+5m+1h+4h% up +1hReleasesRel.
FOMC rate decision2.6×56%High0.11%0.30%–52%69
US retail sales1.5×12%Low0.10%0.20%0.31%47%102
US Consumer Price Index (CPI)1.5×23%High0.12%0.20%0.29%53%103
US Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP)1.5×16%High0.09%0.24%0.41%50%104
US GDP (advance estimate)1.3×24%Medium0.08%0.22%0.28%50%34
US initial jobless claims1.3×17%Medium0.10%0.23%0.33%52%457
US PCE inflation (Personal Income and Outlays)1.3×26%Medium0.11%0.25%0.37%51%104
US Producer Price Index (PPI)1.3×11%Medium0.07%0.18%0.38%50%105

Past releases, not a forecast. Typical sizes hide big differences between individual releases; open an event to see them all.

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