National Postal Forum Highlights Few, but Vital, Options for Smaller Mailers

Deficits Escalate

McKinsey & Co. was asked to take BCG’s range of volume forecasts and apply the contracted financial models to determine profitability in another decade. It assumed postage prices would climb by the annual inflationary cap allowed by law. 2020 will have a $33 billion loss while the next decade will accumulate a $230 billion deficit.