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The Hershey Company (HSY) vs Gross Domestic Product: Implicit Price Deflator
Correlation
of % moves
+39%
In sync
of periods
50%
History
monthsmonths · through 2026-01
19
These move in the same direction about 50% of the time
Their swing sizes only faintly line up (~16% of the pattern is shared).
Roughly random — these don't track each other in a meaningful way.
Both lines start at the same point — easy to compare when growth rates are similar.
What to Watch
HSY moves ~8 months before Gross Domestic Product: Implicit Price Deflator
Watch HSY for an early read on Gross Domestic Product: Implicit Price Deflator.
Advanced
Statistics
In sync(i)
50.0%
Headline metric
Movement correlation(i)
+39%
Based on % moves
95% CI
-9% → +73%
Pipeline
Pipeline Summary
19 paired data points survived the monthly window.
Raw input
1,254
317
Normalized
1,254
317
Prepared
61
317
Aligned
19
19
Invalid removed
Likely range of correlation
R²(i)
15.6%
Variance explained
Significance
n.s.
Statistical confidence
Data points
19
Limited
Time-Shifted Correlation
See how correlation changes when one series is offset in time. A taller bar at a non-zero shift means the two move together better when one leads the other — that's a potential lead/lag signal.
Correlation by shift
Click a bar to inspect. Range: -8 to 8 months.
Selected shift
+8 months
Correlation at this shift
-48%
+9% stronger than no-shift baseline
Gross Domestic Product: Implicit Price Deflator shifted 8 months earlier. Reads: "Does The Hershey Company (HSY) today line up with Gross Domestic Product: Implicit Price Deflator 8 months from now?"
10 overlapping points at this shift
Baseline
+39%
No-shift correlation, matching the main time-series chart above.
Peak shift
+8 months
-48%
A non-zero peak suggests one series lines up better when shifted against the other.
Do They Crash Together?
How these series behave when markets are rising, falling, or diverging. A correlation that holds in drawdowns is very different from one that only works in rallies.
Both Rising
+4%
9 periods · Return correlation when both series rose
Both Falling
N/A
0 periods · Return correlation when both series fell
Diverging
+25%
9 periods · Return correlation when series moved apart
Scatter
0
A: 0 / B: 0
Duplicates removed
0
A: 0 / B: 0
Alignment drops
340
A: 42 / B: 298
Series A
The Hershey Company (HSY)
HSY
Stock · 1,254 raw → 61 prepared
Series B
Gross Domestic Product: Implicit Price Deflator
GDPDEF
FRED · 317 raw → 317 prepared
Sign agreement
100.0%
How often both values share the same sign.
Zero crossings
2
Estimated crossover points between normalized spreads.
Slope
0.0215
Linear regression slope.
Intercept
0.0095
Linear regression intercept.
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