Commercial Checks Returned through the Federal Reserve

The daily average volume and average daily value of items are based on the number of business days in each year.1

                                                Average    Average
                                                 daily      daily     Average
          Volume   Volume    Value     Value    volume      value    value per
         (millions percent (billions  percent (thousands  (millions    check
  Year   of items) change  of dollars change   of items) of dollars) (dollars)
  2023      22       3.2       78       5.9       89         313       3,529
  2022      21      14.3       74      19.7       86         295       3,439
  2021      19      -6.0       62      10.5       75         245       3,283
  2020      20      -26.5      56      -3.4       78         218       2,794
  2019      27      -6.30      58       2.2       108        230       2,125
  2018      29      -7.26      57       6.0       116        225       1,949
  2017      31      -2.6       53       3.5       125        213       1,705
  2016      32      -3.4       52       1.4       128        205       1,605
  2015      33      -10.0      51      -2.0       133        203       1,529
  2014      37      -12.1      52      -5.1       147        207       1,404
  2013      42      -13.9      55      -5.8       168        218       1,301
  2012      49      -19.1      58      -10.4      194        231       1,190
  2011      60      -17.5      65      -16.9      240        258       1,074
  2010      73      -19.6      78      -26.0      290        309       1,065
  2009      91      -14.3     105      -18.5      361        418       1,157
  2008     106      -8.6      129      -7.4       422        513       1,216
  2007     116      -1.6      140       5.2       463        557       1,201
  2006     118      -7.1      133      -1.3       471        529       1,124
  2005     127      -13.0     134      -1.7       507        536       1,058
  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      n.a.       709        495        698
  1990     184      14.2      n.a.     n.a.       733       n.a.       n.a.
  1989     161      n.a.      n.a.     n.a.       642       n.a.       n.a.

1Values are subject to minor changes based on revisions to underlying data.

n.a. Not available.