Even if you’re not a postal geek like I am, you’ve probably noticed that the U.S. Postal Service has a rate increase coming up. Don’t forget to pick-up some forever stamps – still 46¢ this week, but they go up to 49¢ next week.
On Sunday, rates will increase an average of 5.9%. Part of the increase (1.6%) is driven by inflation, and is an expected, predictable part of doing business with the Postal Service. But, a bigger portion (4.3%) is due to “exigent circumstances” – the volume (and....