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Pros and Cons of Linking Postage Rates to the Consumer Price Index

GGD-77-13 Published: Jan 11, 1977. Publicly Released: Jan 11, 1977.
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Highlights

Positive and negative aspects result from linking postage rates to an index like the service component of the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Several situations were forecast for the price of a first-class stamp between 1977 and 1984, using projections of change in the CPI.

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Budget and Spending
Postal ratesPostal servicePrice regulationBudget deficitConsumer price indexGross national productPrice indexesReorganizationDisposable personal incomeExpenditure of funds