Tag: mail volume

  • Singing the Postal Volume Blues

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    Steve Kearney
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    Although U.S. Postal Service mail volume was flat in May, that was an improvement over the 2.9 percent decline for the first eight months of Fiscal Year 2017 (October-May). When you include package shipping, USPS volume was up 0.6 percent in May, but remains down 2.4 percent year-to-date. USPS reported controllable operating income of $341…

  • USPS Reports Operating Income for FY 2016

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    Steve Kearney
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    Mail volume stable for 5th year in row The results and the USPS messaging remain the same. An operating profit of $610 million and a reported paper loss of $5.6 billion because of non-paid prefunding of retiree health benefits. USPS said it has done just about everything possible to cut costs, improve service and customer…