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Commercial Checks Collected through the Federal Reserve--Annual Data
The daily average volume and average daily value of items are based on the number of business days in each year.
| Year |
Volume (millions of items) |
Volume percent change |
Value (billions of dollars) |
Value percent change |
Average daily volume (millions of items) |
Average daily value (billions of dollars) |
Average value per check (dollars) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6,780 | -12.1 | 9,900 | -10.5 | 27.0 | 39.4 | 1,460 |
| 2010 | 7,712 | -10.2 | 11,066 | -19.6 | 30.6 | 43.9 | 1,435 |
| 2009 | 8,585 | -10.1 | 13,759 | -9.6 | 34.1 | 54.6 | 1,603 |
| 2008 | 9,545 | -4.6 | 15,216 | 2.5 | 37.9 | 60.4 | 1,594 |
| 2007 | 10,001 | -9.8 | 14,841 | -9.7 | 39.8 | 59.1 | 1,484 |
| 2006 | 11,083 | -9.4 | 16,443 | 4.8 | 44.2 | 65.5 | 1,484 |
| 2005 | 12,228 | -12.1 | 15,685 | 9.8 | 48.7 | 62.5 | 1,283 |
| 2004 | 13,904 | -12.0 | 14,286 | -7.4 | 55.0 | 56.0 | 1,028 |
| 2003 | 15,806 | -4.7 | 15,431 | 2.7 | 63.0 | 61.0 | 976 |
| 2002 | 16,587 | -1.9 | 15,033 | 1.2 | 66.0 | 60.0 | 906 |
| 2001 | 16,905 | -0.5 | 14,853 | 7.2 | 67.0 | 59.0 | 879 |
| 2000 | 16,994 | -0.5 | 13,849 | 0.4 | 67.0 | 55.0 | 815 |
| 1999 | 17,075 | 3.0 | 13,788 | 5.4 | 68.0 | 55.0 | 807 |
| 1998 | 16,573 | 3.9 | 13,076 | 7.2 | 66.0 | 52.0 | 789 |
| 1997 | 15,949 | 3.0 | 12,196 | 5.3 | 64.0 | 48.0 | 763 |
| 1996 | 15,487 | 0.1 | 11,584 | 0.1 | 61.0 | 46.0 | 748 |
| 1995 | 15,465 | -6.2 | 11,568 | -4.2 | 62.0 | 46.0 | 748 |
| 1994 | 16,479 | -13.3 | 12,079 | -14.1 | 66.0 | 48.0 | 733 |
| 1993 | 19,009 | -0.2 | 14,067 | 6.2 | 75.0 | 56.0 | 740 |
| 1992 | 19,053 | 1.7 | 13,242 | 8.9 | 75.0 | 52.0 | 695 |
| 1991 | 18,743 | 0.8 | 12,164 | -2.8 | 75.0 | 48.0 | 649 |
| 1990 | 18,595 | 3.2 | 12,514 | 1.6 | 74.0 | 50.0 | 673 |
| 1989 | 18,014 | 2.3 | 12,322 | 4.5 | 72.0 | 49.0 | 679 |
Last update:
February 21, 2012