Inflation-based US postal price cap "showing signs of strain"
The inflation-based price cap on US postal rates is “showing signs of strain”, the USPS Office of the Inspector General said yesterday.
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US regulators told to look again at USPS postal rate rise request
Judges have ordered federal regulators in the United States to go back and look again at how the US Postal Service can use the recent recession as a reason to raise stamp prices above the rate of inflation.
Read MoreCanada Post proposes above-inflation postal rate rise
Canada Post has said postal rates for domestic letters will rise by an above-inflation 2.7% next January.
Read MoreTax break helps hold off postal rate increase in Finland
Letters and parcel postage in Finland will no longer be subject to Value Added Tax from June 1 – but the savings will not be passed onto consumers in most cases.
Read MoreUS postage rates set for 1.7% increase from Sunday
The US Postal Service is set to raise its prices on some of its mail services for the first time in nearly two years.
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