Annual Report 2011

Table 12. Operations in principal departments of the Federal Reserve Banks, 2008-11

Operation 2011 2010 2009 2008
Millions of pieces
Currency processed 32,249 32,143 31,891 33,256
Currency destroyed 4,813 5,948 6,049 6,517
Coin received 59,756 62,345 65,349 64,438
Checks handled
U.S. government checks 1 159 185 202 269
Postal money orders 113 121 131 146
Commercial 6,780 7,712 8,585 9,545
Securities transfers 2 19 20 21 25
Funds transfers 3 127 125 125 131
Automated clearinghouse transactions
Commercial 10,349 10,233 9,966 10,040
Government 1,305 1,222 1,195 1,132
Millions of dollars
Currency processed 576,442 569,249 561,013 604,882
Currency destroyed 81,943 120,049 92,708 148,460
Coin received 5,929 6,014 6,288 6,286
Checks handled
U.S. government checks1 241,817 292,261 311,667 316,713
Postal money orders 22,220 23,210 23,675 25,544
Commercial 9,899,770 11,066,409 13,758,963 15,216,147
Securities transfers2 291,823,993 320,123,901 295,741,666 419,347,256
Funds transfers3 663,837,575 608,325,851 631,127,108 754,974,633
Automated clearinghouse transactions
Commercial 17,801,549 16,941,077 15,418,718 15,662,805
Government 4,534,707 4,426,808 4,297,071 4,008,022

1. Includes government checks handled electronically (electronic checks). Return to table

2. Data on securities transfers do not include reversals. Return to table

3. Data on funds transfers do not include non-value transfers. Return to table

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Last update: July 11, 2012