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Standard Mail Rate Hike Likely in May

The direct mail industry may be looking at standard mail rate increases again, come May. The U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors has said that standard mail rates may increase by 9 percent.

This is part of the USPS’s plan that it hopes will help increase revenue by 3.2 percent, according to Direct Magazine. The plan assumes slower growth in the U.S. economy combined with an expected decrease of 0.5 percent in mail volume. That expected decrease includes a 2.8 percent decrease in first class mail volume.