Bitcoin Price Tests $83,000 Ahead of Key PCE Inflation Release
Bitcoin traded near $83,000 before the August core PCE release, with the day’s low at $82,700 in view. After the report came out, BTC moved above $84,000, then pushed past $85,500 as traders reacted to the inflation print.
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Before the report, Bitcoin was close to its 24-hour low, so the price action moved from a narrow band near $82,700 into a higher range after the data arrived. What changed in practice was the immediate price level; what stayed the same was that the market was still reacting to the inflation print rather than to any separate crypto-specific event.
Market reaction
The move was larger before the first headline than after. That is an observation, not an explanation: the market also moves on things nobody publishes.
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What Inflation (US CPI) has done before
| When | What happened | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 2 months ago | Inflation (US CPI): 336.298 (+2.17) rise | Sep 2026 |
| 3 months ago | Inflation (US CPI): 334.131 (+1.32) rise | Aug 2026 |
| 4 months ago | Inflation (US CPI): 332.813 (+0.25) rise | Jul 2026 |
| 5 months ago | Inflation (US CPI): 332.568 (-1.41) fall | Jun 2026 |
| 6 months ago | Inflation (US CPI): 333.979 (+1.57) rise | May 2026 |
FRED series, with the value of each release and its change.
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