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29 stamp price increase that was above the rate of inflation. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in Washington, D.C., sharply questioned a protest by mailing groups over the Aug. The twice-per-year rate hike decision was revealed a day after a three-judge panel for the U.S. He also blamed the biannual rate decision on the Postal Regulatory Commission, saying the PRC “created this opportunity for postal management. Kearney said the failure to consult with mailers “demonstrates complete indifference by the postal agency to keeping captive mailers in the mail.” In 2007, when the agency moved to basing its rates on an annual price cap, Kearney said the USPS had an extensive dialogue with mailers about the change. One thing that troubled Kearney about the announcement was that the biannual rate increase plan occurred with “no consultation with anyone outside the postal agency.” “When you pile on relentless postage rate increases with no regard to the demand side, it’s a formula for a downward spiral,” Kearney said. Stephen Kearney, the alliance’s executive director and a former postal executive, told Linn’s that the announcement comes as major mailers are complaining that their output is being “affected negatively by paper and labor shortages and degraded postal services.”

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15 bulletin to its members, saying: “We assume USPS will use the full pricing authority it has at any moment.”

The Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers seized on that statement in a Sept. That suggests that the agency may seek to use the additional rate authorities that the PRC has allowed it above the previous inflation cap on prices.

In a filing with the Postal Regulatory Commission, the agency said it “intends to be judicious in the use of available pricing authority, but anticipates the prospect that, given our current financial condition, the price change for each market dominant class may be required to apply most or all pricing authority available on the date of filing.” These are services in which the USPS holds a monopoly. The affected market dominant products include first-class mail, marketing (advertising) mail, periodicals, package services and special services. In an effort to help customers better prepare for the twice yearly increases, the USPS said it would skip the January rate increases.īeginning in January 2023, the biannual “price adjustments” will occur in January and July, the USPS said. Green Valley, AZ 85614īrowse our wide-ranging collection of auction catalogues previewing the rare stamps and lots being offered at upcoming sales.

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