The Friday file: In a sign the economy may be recovering, the tooth fairy has upped the average payment to $3.00 this year from $2.60 in ’11. 3% of children received less than a dollar, 30% received exactly a dollar and 8% received more than $5! In ’11 tooth fairies were stingiest in the East, leaving just $2.10, while they were equally generous in the Midwest and West paying $2.80.