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Postal Money Orders Processed by the Federal Reserve

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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 postal
money order
(dollars)
1989 147 2.1 14 7.7 587 57 97
1990 162 9.9 16 15.4 645 66 102
1991 166 2.6 18 7.5 662 71 107
1992 181 8.9 20 14.0 715 80 112
1993 192 6.1 22 10.0 762 88 116
1994 200 4.2 24 7.0 797 95 119
1995 203 1.5 25 4.5 809 99 122
1996 206 1.3 26 4.0 816 103 126
1997 204 -1.0 26 2.5 812 105 130
1998 213 4.4 28 7.6 844 113 134
1999 226 6.2 29 2.3 896 116 129
2000 230 1.9 30 3.2 913 119 131
2001 229 -0.3 30 1.4 914 121 133
2002 216 -5.6 30 -1.0 862 120 139
2003 198 -8.4 29 -3.2 790 116 147
2004 187 -5.7 29 -0.6 739 115 155
2005 176 -5.6 28 -2.2 703 113 161
2006 171 -3.1 28 -1.2 681 112 164
2007 164 -4.2 32 12.7 653 126 193
2008 146 -10.9 26 -19.2 579 101 175

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