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Commercial Checks Returned 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
(thousands
of items) 		Average daily
value
(millions
of dollars) 		Average value
per check
(dollars)
2011 60 -17.5 109 -11.2 240 435 1,810
2010 73 -19.6 123 -22.4 290 488 1,680
2009 91 -14.3 158 22.6 361 629 1,740
2008 106 -8.6 129 -7.4 422 513 1,216
2007 116 -1.6 140 -2.6 463 557 1,201
2006 118 -7.1 143 7.4 471 571 1,213
2005 127 -13.0 134 -2.4 507 532 1,051
2004 146 -15.2 137 -9.8 577 541 937
2003 172 -0.4 152 4.9 686 605 882
2002 173 -3.1 145 -2.4 688 576 837
2001 178 1.2 148 1.9 710 590 831
2000 176 -0.9 145 4.0 699 577 825
1999 178 -0.6 140 3.2 705 555 787
1998 179 -3.7 136 0.7 710 538 758
1997 186 4.0 135 6.8 740 536 724
1996 179 6.0 126 3.3 709 500 705
1995 168 2.3 122 -1.6 671 486 724
1994 165 -1.7 124 -2.2 656 494 753
1993 168 -0.9 127 3.1 665 503 756
1992 169 -5.0 123 -1.1 668 486 726
1991 178 -3.2 124 ... 709 495 698
1990 184 14.2 n.a. ... 733 n.a. n.a.
1989 161 209.6 n.a. ... 642 n.a. n.a.

 

 

n.a.  Not available.
...    Not applicable.

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Last update: February 21, 2012