USPS May Delay Next Price Increase if 4.3% Exigent Portion Rate Increase Expires

The U.S. Postal Service is thinking about foregoing its usual January price increase next year. It’s not that postal officials have suddenly been afflicted with a case of generosity after jacking up most postal rates by more than 5 percent earlier this year. They’re merely preparing for what happens when (or, rather, if) the temporary 4.3 percent “exigent” portion of the recent rate increase expires.

“The Postal Service could delay the next rate adjustment so as to coincide with the rescission of the exigent surcharge,” USPS noted in a filing yesterday with the Postal Regulatory Commission.