Category: Alliance Report
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Alliance Report–March 6, 2024
5 takeaways from Biden’s nomination of Walsh Last week we let you know that President Biden was planning to nominate Marty Walsh to be a Governor of the U.S. Postal Service. He is the Executive Director of the National Hockey League Players Association and former Secretary of Labor on President Biden’s cabinet. Biden appointees will…
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Alliance Report – February 9, 2024
February 9, 2024 Copyright 2024 Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers Projecting rates through 2025 The Postal Service recently shared projections for upcoming average rate increases for “compensatory” products: Projected average USPS rate hikes for compensatory mail July 2024: +7.7% Jan 2025: +1.2% July 2025: +7.3% The January increases include only the effect of increases in the…
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Alliance Report – January 22, 2024
January 22, 2024 Supreme Court to strike down deference to agencies According to experts it now appears certain that the U.S. Supreme Court will overturn the 1984 Chevron doctrine. As an article in Government Executive late yesterday says: “Supreme Court appears ready to end deference to federal agency expertise. The conservative majority is skeptical…
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Alliance Report – January 5, 2024
PRC rate add-ons will drive July increases upward In a December 29 filing at the Postal Regulatory Commission, the United States Postal Service expressed its intention to continue using its full rate authority to increase prices for Market Dominant mail every six months: Schedule for Regular and Predictable Rate Adjustments – Effective through Calendar Year…
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Alliance Report — December 11, 2023
The holiday season delivers a ray of hope to mailers In case you missed our Alliance Alert on the day before Thanksgiving, there is some good news for USPS mailers. The Postal Regulatory Commission agreed to review its 2020 pricing rules two years ahead of schedule. These are the rules that allow the United States…
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Alliance Report — November 6, 2023
USPS is delivering rate shock to America’s mailers and a risky business strategy to all Americans 24-1-21 USPS Rate hikes 2021-2024 Impact of 6 Thanks to Alliance sponsor Quad, we can see the impact of the USPS pricing strategy to use all of its rate authority, double the frequency, and compound every six months. Over…
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Alliance Report–October 12, 2023
October 12, 2023 USPS rate filing for Jan 21, 2024 The latest semi-annual rate increase filing occurred late Friday before the three-day federal holiday weekend. It will be the fifth rate increase since Louis DeJoy was appointed as Postmaster General in May 2020. As we previously have reported the average increase will be…
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Alliance Report – August 30, 2023
No Plan B More people than usual have been asking us lately, what’s up with the Postal Service? The short answer is that it’s a one-man show, more than ever before, and there’s no Plan B. There is Louis DeJoy and his Delivering for America plan. That’s it. The Postal Service is an essential agency…
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Alliance Report–August 10, 2023
August 10, 2023 Rates Today the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the Consumer Price Index for July. This is the fifth of six monthly CPI numbers that will determine the price cap for the expected January 2024 postal rate hikes. Through July 12, the Postal Regulatory Commission had the price cap pegged at 1.39%.…
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Alliance Report – July 12, 2023
The good news for mailers: CPI inflation is moderating The latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) released today is very positive for mailers. As we know, much of the recent postage rate increases have been based on the CPI. You can see this in the non-red, lower segments of the bar chart below. We expect CPI…