Postal Money Orders Processed by the Federal Reserve

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

                                                                          Average
                                                    Average    Average   value per
                                                     daily      daily     postal
          Volume     Volume     Value     Value     volume      value      money
         (millions  percent   (billions  percent  (thousands  (millions    order
  Year   of items)   change  of dollars)  change   of items) of dollars) (dollars)
  2012      108       -4.8       22        -1.3       429        87         204
  2011      113       -6.6       22        -4.3       450        89         197
  2010      121       -7.8       23        -2.0       480        92         192
  2009      131      -10.1       24        -7.3       521        94         180
  2008      146      -10.9       26       -19.2       579        101        175
  2007      164       -4.2       32        12.7       653        126        193
  2006      171       -3.1       28        -1.2       681        112        164
  2005      176       -5.6       28        -2.2       703        113        161
  2004      187       -5.7       29        -0.5       739        115        155
  2003      198       -8.4       29        -3.2       790        116        147
  2002      216       -5.6       30        -1.0       862        120        139
  2001      229       -0.3       30        1.4        914        121        133
  2000      230       1.9        30        3.2        913        119        131
  1999      226       6.2        29        2.3        896        116        129
  1998      213       4.4        28        7.6        844        113        134
  1997      204       -1.0       26        2.5        812        105        130
  1996      206       1.3        26        4.0        816        103        126
  1995      203       1.5        25        4.5        809        99         122
  1994      200       4.2        24        7.0        797        95         119
  1993      192       6.1        22        10.0       762        88         116
  1992      181       8.9        20        14.0       715        80         112
  1991      166       2.6        18        7.5        662        71         107
  1990      162       9.9        16        15.4       645        66         102
  1989      147       2.1        14        7.7        587        57         97