Commercial Checks Returned through 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.1
| 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 check (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 | -6.3 | 58 | 2.2 | 108 | 230 | 2,125 |
| 2018 | 29 | -7.3 | 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. |
Footnotes
1. Values are subject to minor changes based on revisions to underlying data. Return to table.
n.a. Not available.