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 Value volume value money (millions Percent (billions Percent (thousands (millions order Year of items) change of dollars) change of items) of dollars) (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 -0.5 739 115 155 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