Commercial Checks Returned through the Federal Reserve--Quarterly Data

The daily average volume and average daily value of items are based on the number of business days in each year.

Quarter	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:Q4	15	-7.7	27	-3.9	238	436	1,831
2011:Q3	16	2.9	28	2.9	246	432	1,759
2011:Q2	15	2.9	27	-4.5	239	420	1,760
2011:Q1	15	-17.5	28	-5.3	239	454	1,896
2010:Q4	18	-5.5	30	-2.7	286	472	1,651
2010:Q3	19	3.9	31	0.1	298	477	1,604
2010:Q2	18	2.9	31	-5.2	286	477	1,666
2010:Q1	18	-17.7	32	-8.7	292	528	1,807
2009:Q4	22	-4.8	35	-4.7	349	569	1,629
2009:Q3	23	5.0	37	-7.2	350	569	1,628
2009:Q2	22	-13.7	40	-13.9	338	623	1,843
2009:Q1	25	-10.0	46	37.9	411	760	1,848
2008:Q4	28	-2.4	34	-0.3	449	542	1,206
2008:Q3	29	11.1	34	9.7	446	528	1,185
2008:Q2	26	6.0	31	2.5	402	481	1,199
2008:Q1	24	-15.7	30	-7.6	391	485	1,241
2007:Q4	29	-2.6	33	-5.5	464	525	1,132
2007:Q3	30	-1.9	34	-4.5	468	547	1,168
2007:Q2	30	7.4	36	-1.4	470	564	1,200
2007:Q1	28	-5.8	37	-7.2	451	590	1,308
2006:Q4	30	-4.0	39	8.3	479	636	1,327
2006:Q3	31	4.4	36	5.1	492	578	1,176
2006:Q2	30	6.6	35	5.5	463	542	1,169
2006:Q1	28	-14.2	33	-7.0	449	530	1,181
2005:Q4	32	-5.8	35	1.1	531	580	1,091
2005:Q3	34	8.9	35	5.5	538	546	1,016
2005:Q2	32	10.1	32	10.0	494	517	1,048
2005:Q1	29	-13.7	30	-8.2	463	486	1,049
2004:Q4	33	-10.4	33	-5.7	528	521	986
2004:Q3	37	-0.3	35	2.9	580	543	936
2004:Q2	37	-3.1	34	-4.8	577	524	907
2004:Q1	38	-12.7	35	-7.2	615	567	923
2003:Q4	44	0.0	38	-0.6	705	612	868
2003:Q3	44	1.4	38	0.8	682	596	873
2003:Q2	43	3.1	38	-0.2	673	591	878
2003:Q1	42	-7.1	38	-0.6	685	621	907
2002:Q4	45	1.6	38	2.5	725	615	847
2002:Q3	44	5.7	37	8.8	692	581	840
2002:Q2	42	0.6	34	-3.0	655	534	815
2002:Q1	42	-11.1	35	-5.0	683	577	846
2001:Q4	47	6.7	37	0.2	756	598	791
2001:Q3	44	-1.0	37	-0.2	697	588	843
2001:Q2	44	2.9	37	0.3	693	580	836
2001:Q1	43	-4.6	37	2.9	695	596	858
2000:Q4	45	-0.3	36	-0.7	729	580	795
2000:Q3	45	3.5	36	-1.8	719	575	799
2000:Q2	44	4.8	37	1.1	684	576	841
2000:Q1	42	-11.9	36	-0.1	664	579	872
1999:Q4	47	3.3	37	4.9	753	579	770
1999:Q3	46	8.1	35	2.7	718	544	758
1999:Q2	43	1.5	34	-2.2	664	530	797
1999:Q1	42	-9.5	35	-0.7	687	568	828
1998:Q4	46	2.6	35	2.0	747	563	754
1998:Q3	45	2.4	34	1.6	695	526	758
1998:Q2	44	1.7	34	2.8	689	526	763
1998:Q1	43	-9.8	33	-5.4	710	537	756
1997:Q4	48	1.9	35	2.6	774	558	721
1997:Q3	47	3.6	34	1.8	736	527	716
1997:Q2	45	0.8	33	0.3	711	518	729
1997:Q1	45	-5.3	33	2.2	740	542	732
1996:Q4	48	3.2	32	1.6	769	521	678
1996:Q3	46	7.8	32	4.1	722	497	688
1996:Q2	43	2.3	3.1	-2.4	670	477	713
1996:Q1	42	-3.5	31	3.4	675	505	747
1995:Q4	43	0.1	30	-2.2	700	488	697
1995:Q3	43	5.4	31	2.3	688	491	714
1995:Q2	41	1.4	30	-1.2	643	473	735
1995:Q1	41	-4.1	31	-4.2	654	494	755
1994:Q4	42	-0.7	32	5.7	693	524	756
1994:Q3	43	4.0	30	-1.1	665	472	711
1994:Q2	41	5.0	31	-1.9	639	478	747
1994:Q1	39	-12.3	31	-7.5	629	503	800
1993:Q4	44	3.8	34	7.4	705	535	758
1993:Q3	43	3.7	31	-0.1	669	490	733
1993:Q2	41	5.5	31	4.0	645	491	761
1993:Q1	39	-9.6	30	-4.1	641	495	772
1992:Q4	43	1.3	31	3.0	698	508	727
1992:Q3	43	4.7	31	4.1	657	470	716
1992:Q2	41	-3.5	29	-6.5	638	459	720
1992:Q1	42	-6.9	31	4.3	682	507	743
1991:Q4	45	-0.2	30	-12.4	721	478	663
1991:Q3	45	3.8	34	13	711	537	755
1991:Q2	44	1.1	30	3.6	696	483	694
1991:Q1	43	-12.2	29	n.a.	711	481	677
1990:Q4	49	6.8	n.a.	n.a.	797	n.a.	n.a.
1990:Q3	46	6.2	n.a.	n.a.	734	n.a.	n.a.
1990:Q2	44	-2.7	n.a.	n.a.	680	n.a.	n.a.
1990:Q1	45	8.8	n.a.	n.a.	722	n.a.	n.a.
1989:Q4	41	1.3	n.a.	n.a.	663	n.a.	n.a.
1989:Q3	41	3.4	n.a.	n.a.	645	n.a.	n.a.
1989:Q2	39	-2.1	n.a.	n.a.	614	n.a.	n.a.
1989:Q1	40	17.6	n.a.	n.a.	647	n.a.	n.a.

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