Tag: CPI cap
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Neither Rain, Nor Sleet, Nor Lack of Governors…
Neither rain, nor sleet, nor lack of governors will stay USPS from filing for 2018 rate increases It looks like the USPS will file for a rate increase this October for January 2018, as we speculated they would in our last issue. We raised the uncertainty because normally only postal governors can take such an…
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USPS testing legal limits
June 14, 2017 The USPS is pushing the legal envelope in two ways. First, it wants to override the CPI price cap that is written into law. And second, it is likely to propose rate increases for 2018, even if it has no Governors to approve the decision. The Postal Service is now testing whether…
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USPS Pushing PRC to Lift 10-year Price Cap
March 24, 2017 – Linn’s Stamp News U.S. Postal Service pushing PRC to lift 10-year cap on stamp price increases If you think that Postmaster General Megan Brennan has a difficult job trying to convince Congress to help the financially struggling United States Postal Service, you’re right. But that’s only one of the fights…
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MPA Preps for USPS Showdown
March 20, 2017 – Folio The association calls on the Postal Regulatory Commission to “protect captive users of the Postal Service” by maintaining its inflation-based rate cap. As the Postal Regulatory Commission’s 10-year review of USPS postage rates moves forward, the MPA has teamed up with a pair of mailer organizations to argue the…
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Rate Review Comments Due March 20
Wednesday, March 8, 2017 Price cap on postage is at stake Twelve days from now, all eyes should be on the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) comment page for the ten-year rate review. This is for public input to the process in which the PRC must decide whether the postage rate regulatory process that has been…