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Government Checks Processed by 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 | 159 | -14.2 | 242 | -17.3 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1,523 |
| 2010 | 185 | -8.4 | 292 | -6.2 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1,580 |
| 2009 | 202 | -25.1 | 312 | -1.6 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1,544 |
| 2008 | 269 | 26.1 | 317 | 23.2 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1,175 |
| 2007 | 214 | -3.6 | 257 | -4.5 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1,203 |
| 2006 | 222 | 2.7 | 269 | 6.7 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1,214 |
| 2005 | 216 | -7.8 | 252 | -9.2 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1,168 |
| 2004 | 234 | -12.3 | 278 | -9.9 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1,186 |
| 2003 | 267 | -7.7 | 308 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1,154 |
| 2002 | 289 | -16.3 | 308 | -7.9 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1,063 |
| 2001 | 346 | 32.0 | 334 | 18.1 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 965 |
| 2000 | 262 | -9.1 | 283 | -7.6 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1,079 |
| 1999 | 288 | -10.3 | 306 | -10.9 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1,062 |
| 1998 | 321 | -14.9 | 344 | -14.5 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1,070 |
| 1997 | 378 | -13.3 | 402 | -13.1 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1,064 |
| 1996 | 436 | -5.4 | 463 | -5.6 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1,062 |
| 1995 | 460 | -2.0 | 490 | -2.8 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1,065 |
| 1994 | 470 | -2.1 | 504 | -5.6 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1,074 |
| 1993 | 480 | -2.7 | 534 | -9.2 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 1,114 |
| 1992 | 493 | -2.0 | 588 | -3.6 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 1,193 |
| 1991 | 503 | -8.0 | 610 | -2.1 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 1,213 |
| 1990 | 547 | 1.1 | 623 | -1.9 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 1,139 |
| 1989 | 541 | -1.1 | 635 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 1,174 |
Last update:
February 21, 2012