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2019 Price Change

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Jan 27, 2019

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Nov. 13

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CPI-U Moving Average for January 2019 Price Change

Actual Forecasted

CPI MonthFor JanuaryAdjustment

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CPI MonthFor JanuaryAdjustment

R2018-1

Actual

Forecasted

Price Cap


0.0154152311

0.0167899822

0.0182419038

0.0198726094

0.0018457891

0.003535109

0.0053552194

0.0070986359

0.0088201398

0.0106649018

0.0126346337

0.0146964668

0.0170435053

0.0194518304

0.0219238389

0.02419

0.02419

0.0261040748

0.0281657248

0.0300846192

0.0319790089

0.0335097422

0.0350048837

0.0366446094

0.0382814266

0.0399249848

0.0415803503

0.0432577261

0.0450065315

0.0467125668

0.048467766

0.0502665229

Actual

12-Month Moving Average Calculations

12-month12-month

last 12 months12-monthtotal dividedBasemoving average

CPI-Upoint-to-pointtotalby 12Average

Jan-04185.2

Feb-04186.2

Mar-04187.4

Apr-04188

May-04189.1

Jun-04189.7

Jul-04189.4

Aug-04189.5

Sep-04189.9

Oct-04190.9

Nov-04191

Dec-04190.3

Jan-05190.73.0%2272.1189.3417

Feb-05191.83.0%2277.7189.8083

Mar-05193.33.1%2283.6190.3000

Apr-05194.63.5%2290.2190.8500

May-05194.42.8%2295.5191.2917

Jun-05194.52.5%2300.3191.6917

Jul-05195.43.2%2306.3192.1917

Aug-05196.43.6%2313.2192.7667

Sep-05198.84.7%2322.1193.5083

Oct-05199.24.3%2330.4194.2000

Nov-05197.63.5%2337.0194.7500

Dec-05196.83.4%2343.5195.2917

Jan-06198.34.0%2351.1195.92503.5%

Feb-06198.73.6%2358.0196.50003.5%

Mar-06199.83.4%2364.5197.04173.5%

Apr-06201.53.5%2371.4197.61673.5%

May-06202.54.2%2379.5198.29173.7%

Jun-06202.94.3%2387.9198.99173.8%

Jul-06203.54.1%2396.0199.66673.9%

Aug-06203.93.8%2403.5200.29173.9%

Sep-06202.92.1%2407.6200.63333.7%

Oct-06201.81.3%2410.2200.85003.4%

Nov-06201.52.0%2414.1201.17503.3%

Dec-06201.82.5%2419.1201.59173.2%

Jan-07202.4162.1%2423.2201.93473.1%

Feb-07203.4992.4%2428.0202.33463.0%

Mar-07205.3522.8%2433.6202.79732.9%

Apr-07206.6862.6%2438.8203.22942.8%

May-07207.9492.7%2444.2203.68352.7%

Jun-07208.3522.7%2449.7204.13782.6%

Jul-07208.2992.4%2454.5204.53782.4%

Aug-07207.9172.0%2458.5204.87252.3%

Sep-07208.4902.8%2464.1205.33832.3%

Oct-07208.9363.5%2471.2205.93302.5%

Nov-07210.1774.3%2479.9206.65612.7%

Dec-07210.0364.1%2488.1207.34242.9%

Jan-08211.0804.3%2496.8208.06443.0%

Feb-08211.6934.0%2505.0208.74733.2%

Mar-08213.5284.0%2513.1209.42863.3%

Apr-08214.8233.9%2521.3210.10673.4%

May-08216.6324.2%2530.0210.83033.5%

Jun-08218.8155.0%2540.4211.70223.7%

Jul-08219.9645.6%2552.1212.67434.0%

Aug-08219.0865.4%2563.3213.60504.3%

Sep-08218.7834.9%2573.6214.46284.4%

Oct-08216.5733.7%2581.2215.09924.5%

Nov-08212.4251.1%2583.4215.28654.2%

Dec-08210.2280.1%2583.6215.30253.8%

Jan-09211.1430.0%2583.7215.30783.5%

Feb-09212.1930.2%2584.2215.34943.2%

Mar-09212.709-0.4%2583.4215.28122.8%

Apr-09213.240-0.7%2581.8215.14932.4%

May-09213.856-1.3%2579.0214.91791.9%

Jun-09215.693-1.4%2575.9214.65781.4%

Jul-09215.351-2.1%2571.3214.27330.8%

Aug-09215.834-1.5%2568.0214.00230.2%

Sep-09215.969-1.3%2565.2213.7678-0.324%

Oct-09216.177-0.2%2564.8213.7348215.0992-0.634%

Nov-09216.3301.8%2568.7214.0603215.2865-0.570%

Dec-09215.9492.7%2574.4214.5370215.3025-0.356%

Jan-10216.6872.6%2580.0214.9990215.3078-0.143%

Feb-10216.7412.1%2584.5215.3780215.34940.013%

Mar-10217.6312.3%2589.5215.7882215.28120.236%

Apr-10218.0092.2%2594.2216.1856215.14930.482%

May-10218.1782.0%2598.5216.5458214.91790.757%

Jun-10217.9651.1%2600.8216.7351214.65780.968%

Jul-10218.0111.2%2603.5216.9568214.27331.252%

Aug-10218.3121.1%2606.0217.1633214.00231.477%

Sep-10218.4391.1%2608.4217.3691213.76781.685%

Oct-10218.7111.2%2611.0217.5803213.73481.799%

Nov-10218.8031.1%2613.4217.7863214.06031.741%

Dec-10219.1791.5%2616.7218.0555214.53701.640%

Jan-11220.2231.6%2620.2218.3502214.99901.559%

Feb-11221.3092.1%2624.8218.7308215.37801.557%

Mar-11223.4672.7%2630.6219.2172215.78821.589%

Apr-11224.9063.2%2637.5219.7919216.18561.668%

May-11225.9643.6%2645.3220.4408216.54581.799%

Jun-11225.7223.6%2653.0221.0872216.73512.008%

Jul-11225.9223.6%2661.0221.7464216.95682.208%

Aug-11226.5453.8%2669.2222.4325217.16332.426%

Sep-11226.8893.9%2677.6223.1367217.36912.653%

Oct-11226.4213.5%2685.4223.7792217.58032.849%

Nov-11226.2303.4%2692.8224.3981217.78633.036%

Dec-11225.6723.0%2699.3224.9392218.05553.157%

Jan-12226.6652.9%2705.7225.4760218.35023.263%

Feb-12227.6632.9%2712.1226.0055218.73083.326%

Mar-12229.3922.7%2718.0226.4993219.21723.322%

Apr-12230.0852.3%2723.2226.9308219.79193.248%

May-12229.8151.7%2727.0227.2518220.44083.090%

Jun-12229.4781.7%2730.8227.5648221.08722.930%

Jul-12229.1041.4%2734.0227.8299221.74642.743%

Aug-12230.3791.7%2737.8228.1494222.43252.570%

Sep-12231.4072.0%2742.3228.5259223.13672.415%

Oct-12231.3172.2%2747.2228.9339223.77922.303%

Nov-12230.2211.8%2751.2229.2665224.39812.170%

Dec-12229.6011.7%2755.1229.5939224.93922.069%

Jan-13230.2801.6%2758.7229.8952225.47601.960%

Feb-13232.1662.0%2763.2230.2704226.00551.887%

Mar-13232.7731.5%2766.6230.5522226.49931.789%

Apr-13232.5311.1%2769.1230.7560226.93081.686%

May-13232.9451.4%2772.2231.0168227.25181.657%

Jun-13233.5041.8%2776.2231.3523227.56481.664%

Jul-13233.5962.0%2780.7231.7267227.82991.710%

Aug-13233.8771.5%2784.2232.0182228.14941.696%

Sep-13234.1491.2%2787.0232.2467228.52591.628%

Oct-13233.5461.0%2789.2232.4324228.93391.528%

Nov-13233.0691.2%2792.0232.6698229.26651.484%

Dec-13233.0491.5%2795.5232.9571229.59391.465%

Jan-14233.9161.6%2799.1233.2601229.89521.464%

Feb-14234.7811.1%2801.7233.4780230.27041.393%

Mar-14236.2931.5%2805.3233.7713230.55221.396%

Apr-14237.0722.0%2809.8234.1498230.75601.471%

May-14237.9002.1%2814.8234.5627231.01681.535%

Jun-14238.3432.1%2819.6234.9659231.35231.562%

Jul-14238.2502.0%2824.2235.3538231.72671.565%

Aug-14237.8521.7%2828.2235.6850232.01821.580%

Sep-14238.0311.7%2832.1236.0085232.24671.620%

Oct-14237.4331.7%2836.0236.3324232.43241.678%

Nov-14236.1511.3%2839.1236.5893232.66981.685%

Dec-14234.8120.8%2840.8236.7362232.95711.622%

Jan-15233.707-0.1%2840.6236.7188233.26011.483%

Feb-15234.722-0.0%2840.6236.7138233.47801.386%

Mar-15236.119-0.1%2840.4236.6993233.77131.253%

Apr-15236.599-0.2%2839.9236.6599234.14981.072%

May-15237.805-0.0%2839.8236.6520234.56270.891%

Jun-15238.6380.1%2840.1236.6766234.96590.728%

Jul-15238.6540.2%2840.5236.7103235.35380.576%

Aug-15238.3160.2%2841.0236.7489235.68500.451%

Sep-15237.945-0.0%2840.9236.7418236.00850.311%

Oct-15237.8380.2%2841.3236.7755236.33240.187%

Nov-15237.3360.5%2842.5236.8743236.58930.120%

Dec-15236.5250.7%2844.204237.0170236.73620.119%

Jan-16236.9161.4%2847.413237.2844236.71880.239%

Feb-16237.1111.0%2849.802237.4835236.71380.325%

Mar-16238.1320.9%2851.815237.6513236.69930.402%

Apr-16239.2611.1%2854.477237.8731236.65990.513%

May-16240.2361.0%2856.908238.0757236.65200.602%

Jun-16241.0381.0%2859.308238.2757236.67660.676%

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Aug-16

Sep-16

Oct-16

Nov-16

Dec-16

Forecast - FCM STD

Price Cap Calculation Using Global-Insight 7/7/2016 CPI-U Forecast and 7/15/2016 Actual CPI-U

3010.21.cPrice Cap

12-month12-monthLook-back/w/Look-back/

last 12 months12-monthtotal dividedBasemoving averagePartial-YearPartial-Year

MonthCPIpoint-to-pointtotalby 12Average

Jan-04185.2

Feb-04186.2

Mar-04187.4

Apr-04188

May-04189.1

Jun-04189.7

Jul-04189.4

Aug-04189.5

Sep-04189.9

Oct-04190.9

Nov-04191

Dec-04190.3

Jan-05190.73.0%2272.1189.3417

Feb-05191.83.0%2277.7189.8083

Mar-05193.33.1%2283.6190.3000

Apr-05194.63.5%2290.2190.8500

May-05194.42.8%2295.5191.2917

Jun-05194.52.5%2300.3191.6917

Jul-05195.43.2%2306.3192.1917

Aug-05196.43.6%2313.2192.7667

Sep-05198.84.7%2322.1193.5083

Oct-05199.24.3%2330.4194.2000

Nov-05197.63.5%2337.0194.7500

Dec-05196.83.4%2343.5195.2917

Jan-06198.34.0%2351.1195.92503.5%

Feb-06198.73.6%2358.0196.50003.5%

Mar-06199.83.4%2364.5197.04173.5%

Apr-06201.53.5%2371.4197.61673.5%

May-06202.54.2%2379.5198.29173.7%

Jun-06202.94.3%2387.9198.99173.8%

Jul-06203.54.1%2396.0199.66673.9%

Aug-06203.93.8%2403.5200.29173.9%

Sep-06202.92.1%2407.6200.63333.7%

Oct-06201.81.3%2410.2200.85003.4%

Nov-06201.52.0%2414.1201.17503.3%

Dec-06201.82.5%2419.1201.59173.2%

Jan-07202.4162.1%2423.2201.93473.1%

Feb-07203.4992.4%2428.0202.33463.0%

Mar-07205.3522.8%2433.6202.79732.9%

Apr-07206.6862.6%2438.8203.22942.8%

May-07207.9492.7%2444.2203.68352.7%

Jun-07208.3522.7%2449.7204.13782.6%

Jul-07208.2992.4%2454.5204.53782.4%

Aug-07207.9172.0%2458.5204.87252.3%

Sep-07208.4902.8%2464.1205.33832.3%

Oct-07208.9363.5%2471.2205.93302.5%

Nov-07210.1774.3%2479.9206.65612.7%

Dec-07210.0364.1%2488.1207.34242.9%

Jan-08211.0804.3%2496.8208.06443.0%0.348216%

Feb-08211.6934.0%2505.0208.74733.2%0.677543%

Mar-08213.5284.0%2513.1209.42863.3%1.006146%

Apr-08214.8233.9%2521.3210.10673.4%1.333181%

May-08216.6324.2%2530.0210.83033.5%1.682161%

Jun-08218.8155.0%2540.4211.70223.7%2.102681%

Jul-08219.9645.6%2552.1212.67434.0%2.571511%

Aug-08219.0865.4%2563.3213.60504.3%3.020406%

Sep-08218.7834.9%2573.6214.46284.4%3.434094%4.4%

Oct-08216.5733.7%2581.2215.09924.5%3.741034%4.5%

Nov-08212.4251.1%2583.4215.28654.2%3.831384%4.2%

Dec-08210.2280.1%2583.6215.30253.8%3.839100%

Jan-09211.1430.0%2583.7215.3078208.06443.5%0.002438%

Feb-09212.1930.2%2584.2215.3494208.74733.2%0.021791%

Mar-09212.709-0.4%2583.4215.2812209.42862.8%-0.009909%

Apr-09213.240-0.7%2581.8215.1493210.10672.4%-0.071179%

May-09213.856-1.3%2579.0214.9179210.83031.9%-0.178625%

Jun-09215.693-1.4%2575.9214.6578211.70221.4%-0.299462%

Jul-09215.351-2.1%2571.3214.2733212.67430.8%-0.478010%

Aug-09215.834-1.5%2568.0214.0023213.60500.2%-0.603879%

Sep-09215.969-1.3%2565.2213.7678214.4628-0.324%-0.712796%

Oct-09216.177-0.2%2564.8213.7348215.0992-0.634%-0.728123%Rounded HCol. JColumn I to

Nov-09216.3301.8%2568.7214.0603215.2865-0.570%-0.576979%+minus6 digits

Dec-09215.9492.7%2574.4214.5370215.3025-0.356%-0.355546%Rounded MCol Kas text

Jan-10216.6872.6%2580.0214.9990215.3078-0.143399%0.002438%-0.1410%-0.1410%- 00.002438%

Feb-10216.7412.1%2584.5215.3780215.34940.013273%0.021791%0.0350%0.0350%- 00.021791%

Mar-10217.6312.3%2589.5215.7882215.28120.235506%-0.009909%0.2260%0.2260%- 0-0.009909%

Apr-10218.0092.2%2594.2216.1856215.14930.481681%-0.071179%0.4110%0.4110%- 0-0.071179%

May-10218.1782.0%2598.5216.5458214.91790.757421%-0.178625%0.5780%0.5780%- 0-0.178625%

Jun-10217.9651.1%2600.8216.7351214.65780.967742%-0.299462%0.6690%0.6690%- 0-0.299462%

Jul-10218.0111.2%2603.5216.9568214.27331.252333%-0.478010%0.7740%0.7740%- 0-0.478010%

Aug-10218.3121.1%2606.0217.1633214.00231.477048%-0.603879%0.8730%0.8730%- 0-0.603879%

Sep-10218.4391.1%2608.4217.3691213.76781.684655%-0.712796%0.9720%0.9720%- 0-0.712796%

Oct-10218.7111.2%2611.0217.5803213.73481.799153%-0.728123%1.0710%1.0710%- 0-0.728123%

Nov-10218.8031.1%2613.4217.7863214.06031.740670%-0.576979%1.1640%1.1640%- 0-0.576979%

Dec-10219.1791.5%2616.7218.0555214.53701.640043%0.123592%0.1236%1.7640%(0.0164)0.123592%

Jan-11220.2231.6%2620.2218.3502214.99901.558689%0.258893%0.2589%1.8180%(0.0156)0.258893%

Feb-11221.3092.1%2624.8218.7308215.37801.556720%0.433682%0.4337%1.9910%(0.0156)0.433682%

Mar-11223.4672.7%2630.6219.2172215.78821.589058%0.656989%0.6570%2.2460%(0.0159)0.656989%

Apr-11224.9063.2%2637.5219.7919216.18561.668166%0.920895%0.9209%2.5890%(0.0167)0.920895%

May-11225.9643.6%2645.3220.4408216.54581.798696%1.218817%1.2188%3.0180%(0.0180)1.218817%

Jun-11225.7223.6%2653.0221.0872216.73512.008020%1.515629%1.5156%3.5240%(0.0201)1.515629%

Jul-11225.9223.6%2661.0221.7464216.95682.207660%1.818334%1.8183%4.0260%(0.0221)1.818334%

Aug-11226.5453.8%2669.2222.4325217.16332.426400%2.133360%2.1334%4.5590%(0.0243)2.133360%

Sep-11226.8893.9%2677.6223.1367217.36912.653360%0.316575%0.3166%

Oct-11226.4213.5%2685.4223.7792217.58032.849025%0.605427%0.6054%

Nov-11226.2303.4%2692.8224.3981217.78633.035888%0.883676%0.8837%

Dec-11225.6723.0%2699.3224.9392218.05553.156842%1.126934%1.1269%

Jan-12226.6652.9%2705.7225.4760218.35023.263489%1.368280%1.3683%

Feb-12227.6632.9%2712.1226.0055218.73083.325853%1.606330%1.6063%

Mar-12229.3922.7%2718.0226.4993219.21723.321858%1.828307%1.8283%

Apr-12230.0852.3%2723.2226.9308219.79193.248034%2.022336%2.0223%

May-12229.8151.7%2727.0227.2518220.44083.089719%2.166612%2.1666%

Jun-12229.4781.7%2730.8227.5648221.08722.929878%2.307329%2.3073%

Jul-12229.1041.4%2734.0227.8299221.74642.743449%2.426541%2.4265%

Aug-12230.3791.7%2737.8228.1494222.43252.570180%2.570180%2.5702%

Sep-12231.4072.0%2742.3228.5259223.13672.415224%0.165023%0.1650%

Oct-12231.3172.2%2747.2228.9339223.77922.303499%0.343854%0.3439%

Nov-12230.2211.8%2751.2229.2665224.39812.169545%0.489628%0.4896%

Dec-12229.6011.7%2755.1229.5939224.93922.069337%0.633138%0.6331%

Jan-13230.2801.6%2758.7229.8952225.47601.959928%0.765178%0.7652%

Feb-13232.1662.0%2763.2230.2704226.00551.887085%0.929654%0.9297%

Mar-13232.7731.5%2766.6230.5522226.49931.789373%1.053148%1.0531%

Apr-13232.5311.1%2769.1230.7560226.93081.685609%1.142490%1.1425%

May-13232.9451.4%2772.2231.0168227.25181.656790%1.256815%1.2568%

Jun-13233.5041.8%2776.2231.3523227.56481.664398%1.403868%1.4039%

Jul-13233.5962.0%2780.7231.7267227.82991.710377%1.567942%1.5679%

Aug-13233.8771.5%2784.2232.0182228.14941.695709%1.695709%1.6957%

Sep-13234.1491.2%2787.0232.2467228.52591.628152%0.098484%1.7266%

Oct-13233.5461.0%2789.2232.4324228.93391.528170%0.178542%1.7067%

Nov-13233.0691.2%2792.0232.6698229.26651.484408%0.280833%1.7652%

Dec-13233.0491.5%2795.5232.9571229.59391.464833%0.404674%1.8695%

Jan-14233.9161.6%2799.1233.2601229.89521.463674%0.535267%1.9989%

Feb-14234.7811.1%2801.7233.4780230.27041.392964%0.629189%2.0222%

Mar-14236.2931.5%2805.3233.7713230.55221.396286%0.755616%2.1519%

Apr-14237.0722.0%2809.8234.1498230.75601.470709%0.918714%2.3894%

May-14237.9002.1%2814.8234.5627231.01681.534881%1.096681%2.6316%

Jun-14238.3432.1%2819.6234.9659231.35231.561939%1.270482%2.8324%

Jul-14238.2502.0%2824.2235.3538231.72671.565242%1.437639%3.0029%

Aug-14237.8521.7%2828.2235.6850232.01821.580408%1.580408%3.1608%

Sep-14238.0311.7%2832.1236.0085232.24671.619758%0.098484%1.7182%

Oct-14237.4331.7%2836.0236.3324232.43241.677907%0.178542%1.8564%

Nov-14236.1511.3%2839.1236.5893232.66981.684577%0.280833%1.9654%

Dec-14234.8120.8%2840.8236.7362232.95711.622223%0.062098%1.6843%

Jan-15233.707-0.1%2840.6236.7188233.26011.482751%0.054736%1.5375%

Feb-15234.722-0.0%2840.6236.7138233.47801.385926%0.052658%1.4386%

Mar-15236.119-0.1%2840.4236.6993233.77131.252506%0.046529%1.2990%

Apr-15236.599-0.2%2839.9236.6599234.14981.072035%0.029869%1.1019%

May-15237.805-0.0%2839.8236.6520234.56270.890736%0.026523%0.9173%

Jun-15238.6380.1%2840.1236.6766234.96590.728049%0.036913%0.7650%

Jul-15238.6540.2%2840.5236.7103235.35380.576366%0.051143%0.6275%

Aug-15238.3160.2%2841.0236.7489235.68500.451415%0.067487%0.5189%

Sep-15237.945-0.0%2840.9236.7418236.00850.310688%0.064458%0.3751%

Oct-15237.8380.2%2841.3236.7755236.33240.187483%0.014256%0.2017%

Nov-15237.3360.5%2842.5236.8743236.58930.120462%0.055968%0.1764%

Dec-15236.5250.7%2844.2237.0170236.73620.118627%0.116266%0.2349%

Jan-16236.9191.4%2847.4237.2847236.71880.239067%0.229329%0.4684%

Feb-16237.1111.0%2849.8237.4838236.71380.325252%0.313422%0.6387%

Mar-16238.1320.9%2851.8237.6515236.69930.402268%0.384279%0.7865%

Apr-16239.2611.1%2854.5237.8733236.65990.512726%0.093344%0.6061%

May-16240.2361.0%2856.9238.0759236.65200.601692%0.178588%0.7803%

Jun-16241.0381.0%2859.3238.2759236.67660.675746%0.262745%0.9385%

Jul-16240.650.8%2861.3238.4420236.71030.731591%0.332630%1.0642%

Aug-16240.611.0%2863.6238.6335236.74890.796026%0.413210%1.2092%

Sep-16241.151.3%2866.8238.9008236.74180.911964%0.525665%1.4376%

Oct-16241.491.5%2870.5239.2048236.77551.025972%0.653583%1.6796%

Nov-16241.311.7%2874.4239.5360236.87431.123697%0.792968%1.9167%

Dec-16241.252.0%2879.2239.9299237.01701.228991%0.958722%2.1877%

Jan-17242.012.1%2884.2240.3540237.28471.293524%1.137169%2.4307%

Feb-17243.122.5%2890.3240.8546237.48381.419395%1.347807%2.7672%

Mar-17244.492.7%2896.6241.3847237.65151.570858%1.570858%3.1417%

Apr-17245.252.5%2902.6241.8834237.87331.685806%1.780724%3.4665%

May-17246.262.5%2908.6242.3853238.07591.810102%1.991922%3.8020%

Jun-17247.012.5%2914.6242.8833238.27591.933613%0.262745%2.1964%

Jul-17247.272.8%2921.2243.4348238.44202.093905%0.332630%2.4265%

Aug-17247.412.8%2928.0244.0011238.63352.249300%0.413210%2.6625%

Sep-17247.702.7%2934.6244.5469238.90082.363394%0.525665%2.8891%

Oct-17247.542.5%2940.6245.0517239.20482.444315%0.653583%3.0979%

Nov-17247.112.4%2946.4245.5346239.53602.504251%0.792968%3.2972%

Dec-17247.042.4%2952.2246.0168239.92992.536921%0.958722%3.4956%

Forecasted numbers are in italics and price cap values are in bold.

Price Cap w/Look-back12-Month Moving Average

ActualForecastActualForecast

Jan-10-0.141%-0.143%

Feb-100.035%0.013%

Mar-100.226%0.236%

Apr-100.411%0.482%

May-100.578%0.757%

Jun-100.669%0.968%

Jul-100.774%1.252%

Aug-100.873%1.477%

Sep-100.972%1.685%

Oct-101.071%1.799%

Nov-101.164%1.164%1.741%

Dec-100.124%0.124%0.697%

Jan-110.259%0.259%0.833%

Feb-110.434%0.434%1.009%

Mar-110.657%0.657%1.234%

Apr-110.921%0.921%1.499%

May-111.219%1.219%1.196%

Jun-111.516%1.516%2.086%

Jul-111.818%1.818%2.296%

Aug-112.133%0.000%2.594%

Sep-110.317%2.883%

Oct-110.605%3.151%

Nov-110.884%3.415%

Dec-111.127%

Jan-121.368%

Feb-121.606%

Mar-121.828%

Apr-122.022%

May-122.167%

Jun-122.307%

Jul-122.427%

Aug-122.570%

Sep-120.165%

Oct-120.344%

Nov-120.490%

Dec-120.633%

Jan-130.765%

Feb-130.930%

Mar-131.053%

Apr-130.088%1.142%

May-130.202%1.257%

Jun-130.347%1.404%

Jul-130.509%1.568%1.568%

Aug-131.696%

Sep-130.098%

Oct-130.179%

Nov-130.281%

Dec-130.405%

Jan-140.535%

Feb-140.629%

Mar-140.756%

Apr-140.919%

May-141.097%

Jun-141.270%

Jul-141.438%

Aug-141.580%

Sep-141.718%

Oct-141.856%

Nov-141.965%

Dec-140.062%

Jan-150.055%

Feb-150.053%

Mar-150.047%

Apr-150.030%

May-150.027%

Jun-150.037%

Jul-150.051%

Aug-150.067%

Sep-150.064%

Oct-150.014%

Nov-150.056%

Dec-150.116%

Jan-160.229%

Feb-160.313%

Mar-160.384%

Apr-160.093%

May-160.179%

Jun-160.263%

Jul-160.333%0.333%

Aug-160.413%

Sep-160.526%

Oct-160.654%

Nov-160.793%

Dec-160.959%

Jan-171.137%

Feb-171.348%

Mar-171.571%

Apr-171.781%

May-171.992%

Jun-172.196%

Jul-172.427%

Aug-172.663%

Sep-172.889%

Oct-173.098%

Nov-173.297%

Dec-173.496%

Forecast - FCM STD

Actual

Forecast

Forecast for 2013-14 Price CapActual CPI-U Values thru 7/16/13 and Global Insight Forecast

Forecast - other

Actual

Forecast

Price Cap Forecast for 2015 Price Change

Actual

Forecasted

Price Cap

Price Cap forecast for 2016/2017FCM & Standard Mail

Price Cap Calculation Using Global-Insight 7/7/2016 CPI-U Forecast and 7/15/2016 Actual CPI-U

3010.21.cPrice Cap

12-month12-monthLook-back/w/Look-back/

last 12 months12-monthtotal dividedBasemoving averagePartial-YearPartial-Year

MonthCPIpoint-to-pointtotalby 12Average

Jan-04185.2

Feb-04186.2

Mar-04187.4

Apr-04188

May-04189.1

Jun-04189.7

Jul-04189.4

Aug-04189.5

Sep-04189.9

Oct-04190.9

Nov-04191

Dec-04190.3

Jan-05190.73.0%2272.1189.3417

Feb-05191.83.0%2277.7189.8083

Mar-05193.33.1%2283.6190.3000

Apr-05194.63.5%2290.2190.8500

May-05194.42.8%2295.5191.2917

Jun-05194.52.5%2300.3191.6917

Jul-05195.43.2%2306.3192.1917

Aug-05196.43.6%2313.2192.7667

Sep-05198.84.7%2322.1193.5083

Oct-05199.24.3%2330.4194.2000

Nov-05197.63.5%2337.0194.7500

Dec-05196.83.4%2343.5195.2917

Jan-06198.34.0%2351.1195.92503.5%

Feb-06198.73.6%2358.0196.50003.5%

Mar-06199.83.4%2364.5197.04173.5%

Apr-06201.53.5%2371.4197.61673.5%

May-06202.54.2%2379.5198.29173.7%

Jun-06202.94.3%2387.9198.99173.8%

Jul-06203.54.1%2396.0199.66673.9%

Aug-06203.93.8%2403.5200.29173.9%

Sep-06202.92.1%2407.6200.63333.7%

Oct-06201.81.3%2410.2200.85003.4%

Nov-06201.52.0%2414.1201.17503.3%

Dec-06201.82.5%2419.1201.59173.2%

Jan-07202.4162.1%2423.2201.93473.1%

Feb-07203.4992.4%2428.0202.33463.0%

Mar-07205.3522.8%2433.6202.79732.9%

Apr-07206.6862.6%2438.8203.22942.8%

May-07207.9492.7%2444.2203.68352.7%

Jun-07208.3522.7%2449.7204.13782.6%

Jul-07208.2992.4%2454.5204.53782.4%

Aug-07207.9172.0%2458.5204.87252.3%

Sep-07208.4902.8%2464.1205.33832.3%

Oct-07208.9363.5%2471.2205.93302.5%

Nov-07210.1774.3%2479.9206.65612.7%

Dec-07210.0364.1%2488.1207.34242.9%

Jan-08211.0804.3%2496.8208.06443.0%

Feb-08211.6934.0%2505.0208.74733.2%

Mar-08213.5284.0%2513.1209.42863.3%

Apr-08214.8233.9%2521.3210.10673.4%

May-08216.6324.2%2530.0210.83033.5%

Jun-08218.8155.0%2540.4211.70223.7%

Jul-08219.9645.6%2552.1212.67434.0%

Aug-08219.0865.4%2563.3213.60504.3%

Sep-08218.7834.9%2573.6214.46284.4%3.434094%4.4%

Oct-08216.5733.7%2581.2215.09924.5%3.741034%4.5%

Nov-08212.4251.1%2583.4215.28654.2%3.831384%4.2%

Dec-08210.2280.1%2583.6215.30253.8%3.839100%

Jan-09211.1430.0%2583.7215.3078208.06443.5%0.002438%

Feb-09212.1930.2%2584.2215.3494208.74733.2%0.021791%

Mar-09212.709-0.4%2583.4215.2812209.42862.8%-0.009909%

Apr-09213.240-0.7%2581.8215.1493210.10672.4%-0.071179%

May-09213.856-1.3%2579.0214.9179210.83031.9%-0.178625%

Jun-09215.693-1.4%2575.9214.6578211.70221.4%-0.299462%

Jul-09215.351-2.1%2571.3214.2733212.67430.8%-0.478010%

Aug-09215.834-1.5%2568.0214.0023213.60500.2%-0.603879%

Sep-09215.969-1.3%2565.2213.7678214.4628-0.324%-0.712796%

Oct-09216.177-0.2%2564.8213.7348215.0992-0.634%-0.728123%Rounded HCol. JColumn I to

Nov-09216.3301.8%2568.7214.0603215.2865-0.570%-0.576979%+minus6 digits

Dec-09215.9492.7%2574.4214.5370215.3025-0.356%-0.355546%Rounded MCol Kas text

Jan-10216.6872.6%2580.0214.9990215.3078-0.143399%0.002438%-0.1410%-0.1410%- 00.002438%

Feb-10216.7412.1%2584.5215.3780215.34940.013273%0.021791%0.0350%0.0350%- 00.021791%

Mar-10217.6312.3%2589.5215.7882215.28120.235506%-0.009909%0.2260%0.2260%- 0-0.009909%

Apr-10218.0092.2%2594.2216.1856215.14930.481681%-0.071179%0.4110%0.4110%- 0-0.071179%

May-10218.1782.0%2598.5216.5458214.91790.757421%-0.178625%0.5780%0.5780%- 0-0.178625%

Jun-10217.9651.1%2600.8216.7351214.65780.967742%-0.299462%0.6690%0.6690%- 0-0.299462%

Jul-10218.0111.2%2603.5216.9568214.27331.252333%-0.478010%0.7740%0.7740%- 0-0.478010%

Aug-10218.3121.1%2606.0217.1633214.00231.477048%-0.603879%0.8730%0.8730%- 0-0.603879%

Sep-10218.4391.1%2608.4217.3691213.76781.684655%-0.712796%0.9720%0.9720%- 0-0.712796%

Oct-10218.7111.2%2611.0217.5803213.73481.799153%-0.728123%1.0710%1.0710%- 0-0.728123%

Nov-10218.8031.1%2613.4217.7863214.06031.740670%-0.576979%1.1640%1.1640%- 0-0.576979%

Dec-10219.1791.5%2616.7218.0555214.53701.640043%0.123592%0.1236%1.7640%(0.0164)0.123592%

Jan-11220.2231.6%2620.2218.3502214.99901.558689%0.258893%0.2589%1.8180%(0.0156)0.258893%

Feb-11221.3092.1%2624.8218.7308215.37801.556720%0.433682%0.4337%1.9910%(0.0156)0.433682%

Mar-11223.4672.7%2630.6219.2172215.78821.589058%0.656989%0.6570%2.2460%(0.0159)0.656989%

Apr-11224.9063.2%2637.5219.7919216.18561.668166%0.920895%0.9209%2.5890%(0.0167)0.920895%

May-11225.9643.6%2645.3220.4408216.54581.798696%1.218817%1.2188%3.0180%(0.0180)1.218817%

Jun-11225.7223.6%2653.0221.0872216.73512.008020%1.515629%1.5156%3.5240%(0.0201)1.515629%

Jul-11225.9223.6%2661.0221.7464216.95682.207660%1.818334%1.8183%4.0260%(0.0221)1.818334%

Aug-11226.5453.8%2669.2222.4325217.16332.426400%2.133360%2.1334%4.5590%(0.0243)2.133360%

Sep-11226.8893.9%2677.6223.1367217.36912.653360%0.316575%0.3166%

Oct-11226.4213.5%2685.4223.7792217.58032.849025%0.605427%0.6054%

Nov-11226.2303.4%2692.8224.3981217.78633.035888%0.883676%0.8837%

Dec-11225.6723.0%2699.3224.9392218.05553.156842%1.126934%1.1269%

Jan-12226.6652.9%2705.7225.4760218.35023.263489%1.368280%1.3683%

Feb-12227.6632.9%2712.1226.0055218.73083.325853%1.606330%1.6063%

Mar-12229.3922.7%2718.0226.4993219.21723.321858%1.828307%1.8283%

Apr-12230.0852.3%2723.2226.9308219.79193.248034%2.022336%2.0223%

May-12229.8151.7%2727.0227.2518220.44083.089719%2.166612%2.1666%

Jun-12229.4781.7%2730.8227.5648221.08722.929878%2.307329%2.3073%

Jul-12229.1041.4%2734.0227.8299221.74642.743449%2.426541%2.4265%

Aug-12230.3791.7%2737.8228.1494222.43252.570180%2.570180%2.5702%

Sep-12231.4072.0%2742.3228.5259223.13672.415224%0.165023%0.1650%

Oct-12231.3172.2%2747.2228.9339223.77922.303499%0.343854%0.3439%

Nov-12230.2211.8%2751.2229.2665224.39812.169545%0.489628%0.4896%

Dec-12229.6011.7%2755.1229.5939224.93922.069337%0.633138%0.6331%

Jan-13230.2801.6%2758.7229.8952225.47601.959928%0.765178%0.7652%

Feb-13232.1662.0%2763.2230.2704226.00551.887085%0.929654%0.9297%

Mar-13232.7731.5%2766.6230.5522226.49931.789373%1.053148%1.0531%

Apr-13232.5311.1%2769.1230.7560226.93081.685609%1.142490%1.1425%

May-13232.9451.4%2772.2231.0168227.25181.656790%1.256815%1.2568%

Jun-13233.5041.8%2776.2231.3523227.56481.664398%1.403868%1.4039%

Jul-13233.5962.0%2780.7231.7267227.82991.710377%1.567942%1.5679%

Aug-13233.8771.5%2784.2232.0182228.14941.695709%1.695709%1.6957%

Sep-13234.1491.2%2787.0232.2467228.52591.628152%0.098484%1.7266%

Oct-13233.5461.0%2789.2232.4324228.93391.528170%0.178542%1.7067%

Nov-13233.0691.2%2792.0232.6698229.26651.484408%0.280833%1.7652%

Dec-13233.0491.5%2795.5232.9571229.59391.464833%0.404674%1.8695%

Jan-14233.9161.6%2799.1233.2601229.89521.463674%0.535267%1.9989%

Feb-14234.7811.1%2801.7233.4780230.27041.392964%0.629189%2.0222%

Mar-14236.2931.5%2805.3233.7713230.55221.396286%0.755616%2.1519%

Apr-14237.0722.0%2809.8234.1498230.75601.470709%0.918714%2.3894%

May-14237.9002.1%2814.8234.5627231.01681.534881%1.096681%2.6316%

Jun-14238.3432.1%2819.6234.9659231.35231.561939%1.270482%2.8324%

Jul-14238.2502.0%2824.2235.3538231.72671.565242%1.437639%3.0029%

Aug-14237.8521.7%2828.2235.6850232.01821.580408%1.580408%3.1608%

Sep-14238.0311.7%2832.1236.0085232.24671.619758%0.098484%1.7182%

Oct-14237.4331.7%2836.0236.3324232.43241.677907%0.178542%1.8564%

Nov-14236.1511.3%2839.1236.5893232.66981.684577%0.280833%1.9654%

Dec-14234.8120.8%2840.8236.7362232.95711.622223%0.062098%1.6843%

Jan-15233.707-0.1%2840.6236.7188233.26011.482751%0.054736%1.5375%

Feb-15234.722-0.0%2840.6236.7138233.47801.385926%0.052658%1.4386%

Mar-15236.119-0.1%2840.4236.6993233.77131.252506%0.046529%1.2990%

Apr-15236.599-0.2%2839.9236.6599234.14981.072035%0.029869%1.1019%

May-15237.805-0.0%2839.8236.6520234.56270.890736%0.026523%0.9173%

Jun-15238.6380.1%2840.1236.6766234.96590.728049%0.036913%0.7650%

Jul-15238.6540.2%2840.5236.7103235.35380.576366%0.051143%0.6275%

Aug-15238.3160.2%2841.0236.7489235.68500.451415%0.067487%0.5189%

Sep-15237.945-0.0%2840.9236.7418236.00850.310688%0.064458%0.3751%

Oct-15237.8380.2%2841.3236.7755236.33240.187483%0.078723%0.2662%

Nov-15237.3360.5%2842.5236.8743236.58930.120462%0.120462%0.2409%

Dec-15236.5250.7%2844.2237.0170236.73620.118627%0.062098%0.1807%

Jan-16236.9191.4%2847.4237.2847236.71880.239067%0.054736%0.2938%

Feb-16237.1111.0%2849.8237.4838236.71380.325252%0.052658%0.3779%

Mar-16238.1320.9%2851.8237.6515236.69930.402268%0.046529%0.4488%

Apr-16239.2611.1%2854.5237.8733236.65990.512726%0.029869%0.5426%

May-16240.2291.0%2856.9238.0753236.65200.601446%0.026523%0.6280%

Jun-16241.0181.0%2859.3238.2737236.67660.674796%0.036913%0.7117%

Jul-16240.6280.8%2861.3238.4382236.71030.729971%0.051143%0.7811%

Aug-16240.8491.1%2863.8238.6493236.74890.802679%0.067487%0.8702%

Sep-16241.4281.5%2867.3238.9395236.74180.928332%0.121622%1.0500%

Oct-16241.7291.6%2871.2239.2638236.77551.050890%0.257491%1.3084%

Nov-16241.3531.7%2875.2239.5985236.87431.150083%0.397759%1.5478%

Dec-16241.4322.1%2880.1240.0074237.01701.261689%0.569106%1.8308%

Jan-17242.8392.5%2886.0240.5008237.28471.355369%0.775825%2.1312%

Feb-17243.6032.7%2892.5241.0418237.48381.498208%1.002517%2.5007%

Mar-17243.8012.4%2898.2241.5142237.65151.625349%1.200472%2.8258%

Apr-17244.5242.2%2903.4241.9528237.87331.714953%1.384249%3.0992%

May-17244.7331.9%2907.9242.3281238.07531.786304%1.541523%3.3278%

Jun-17244.9551.6%2911.9242.6562238.27371.839272%1.678998%3.5183%

Jul-17244.7861.7%2916.0243.0027238.43821.914333%1.824190%3.7385%

Aug-17245.5191.9%2920.7243.3918238.64931.987261%1.987261%3.9745%

Sep-17246.8192.2%2926.1243.8411238.93952.051391%0.184579%2.2360%

Oct-17246.6632.0%2931.0244.2523239.26382.084938%0.353511%2.4384%

Nov-17246.6692.2%2936.3244.6953239.59852.127204%0.535522%2.6627%

Dec-17246.5242.1%2941.4245.1196240.00742.130004%0.709864%2.8399%

Jan-18247.8672.1%2946.5245.5386240.50082.094727%0.882014%2.9767%

Feb-18248.9912.2%2951.9245.9876241.04182.051858%1.066490%3.1183%

Mar-18249.5542.4%2957.6246.4670241.51422.050742%1.263463%3.3142%

Apr-18250.5462.5%2963.6246.9688241.95282.073166%1.469647%3.5428%

May-18251.5882.8%2970.5247.5401242.32812.150803%1.704351%3.8552%

Jun-18251.9892.9%2977.5248.1263242.65622.254253%1.945183%4.1994%

Jul-18252.0062.9%2984.7248.7279243.00272.356044%2.192384%4.5484%

Aug-18251.9542.6%2991.2249.2642243.39182.412708%2.412708%4.8254%

Sep-18252.7242.4%2997.1249.7563243.84112.425829%0.184579%2.6104%

Oct-18252.8082.5%3003.2250.2683244.25232.463062%0.353511%2.8166%

Nov-18252.4062.3%3009.0250.7464244.69532.472940%0.535522%3.0085%

Dec-18252.1862.3%3014.6251.2183245.11962.488037%0.709864%3.1979%

Jan-19252.4581.9%3019.2251.6008245.53862.468960%0.882014%3.3510%

Feb-19253.4801.8%3023.7251.9749245.98762.433998%1.066490%3.5005%

Mar-19254.4712.0%3028.6252.3847246.46702.400998%1.263463%3.6645%

Apr-19255.4532.0%3033.5252.7936246.96882.358496%1.469647%3.8281%

May-19256.5152.0%3038.5253.2042247.54012.288148%1.704351%3.9925%

Jun-19256.9422.0%3043.4253.6169248.12632.212852%1.945183%4.1580%

Jul-19257.0142.0%3048.4254.0343248.72792.133389%2.192384%4.3258%

Aug-19257.1672.1%3053.6254.4687249.26422.087946%2.412708%4.5007%

Sep-19257.8062.0%3058.7254.8922249.75632.056372%2.614885%4.6713%

Oct-19258.0322.1%3063.9255.3275250.26832.021497%2.825280%4.8468%

Nov-19257.7612.1%3069.3255.7738250.74642.004947%3.021705%5.0267%

Forecasted numbers are in italics and price cap values are in bold.

Price Cap w/Look-back12-Month Moving Average

ActualForecastActualForecast

Jan-10-0.141%-0.143%

Feb-100.035%0.013%

Mar-100.226%0.236%

Apr-100.411%0.482%

May-100.578%0.757%

Jun-100.669%0.968%

Jul-100.774%1.252%

Aug-100.873%1.477%

Sep-100.972%1.685%

Oct-101.071%1.799%

Nov-101.164%1.164%1.741%

Dec-100.124%0.124%0.697%

Jan-110.259%0.259%0.833%

Feb-110.434%0.434%1.009%

Mar-110.657%0.657%1.234%

Apr-110.921%0.921%1.499%

May-111.219%1.219%1.196%

Jun-111.516%1.516%2.086%

Jul-111.818%1.818%2.296%

Aug-112.133%0.000%2.594%

Sep-110.317%2.883%

Oct-110.605%3.151%

Nov-110.884%3.415%

Dec-111.127%

Jan-121.368%

Feb-121.606%

Mar-121.828%

Apr-122.022%

May-122.167%

Jun-122.307%

Jul-122.427%

Aug-122.570%

Sep-120.165%

Oct-120.344%

Nov-120.490%

Dec-120.633%

Jan-130.765%

Feb-130.930%

Mar-131.053%

Apr-130.088%1.142%

May-130.202%1.257%

Jun-130.347%1.404%

Jul-130.509%1.568%1.568%

Aug-131.696%

Sep-130.098%

Oct-130.179%

Nov-130.281%

Dec-130.405%

Jan-140.535%

Feb-140.629%

Mar-140.756%

Apr-140.919%

May-141.097%

Jun-141.270%

Jul-141.438%

Aug-141.580%

Sep-141.718%1.718%

Oct-141.856%1.856%

Nov-141.965%1.965%

Dec-140.062%0.062%

Jan-150.055%0.055%

Feb-150.053%0.053%

Mar-150.047%0.047%

Apr-150.030%0.030%

May-150.027%0.027%

Jun-150.037%0.037%

Jul-150.051%0.051%

Aug-150.067%0.067%

Sep-150.064%0.064%

Oct-150.079%0.014%

Nov-150.120%0.056%

Dec-150.181%0.116%

Jan-160.294%0.229%

Feb-160.378%0.313%

Mar-160.449%0.384%

Apr-160.543%0.093%

May-160.628%0.179%

Jun-160.712%0.263%

Jul-160.781%0.333%

Aug-160.870%0.413%0.413%

Sep-160.122%0.526%

Oct-160.257%0.654%

Nov-160.398%0.793%

Dec-160.569%0.959%

Jan-170.776%1.137%

Feb-171.003%1.348%

Mar-171.200%1.571%

Apr-171.384%1.781%

May-171.542%1.992%

Jun-171.679%2.196%

Jul-171.824%2.427%

Aug-171.987%2.663%

Sep-170.185%2.889%

Oct-170.354%3.098%

Nov-170.536%3.297%

Dec-170.710%3.496%

Jan-180.882%

Feb-181.066%

Mar-181.263%

Apr-181.470%

May-181.704%

Jun-181.945%

Jul-182.192%

Aug-182.419%2.419%

Sep-182.610%

Oct-182.817%

Nov-183.008%

Dec-183.198%

Jan-193.351%

Feb-193.500%

Mar-193.664%

Apr-193.828%

May-193.992%

Jun-194.158%

Jul-194.326%

Aug-194.501%

Sep-194.671%

Oct-194.847%

Nov-195.027%

Expected FilingMonth for Jan2017 Implement

4115341153

4118341183

4121441214

4124441244

4127541275

4130641306

4133441334

4136541365

4139541395

4142641426

4145641456

4148741487

4151841518

4154841548

4157941579

4160941609

4164041640

4167141671

4169941699

4173041730

4176041760

4179141791

4182141821

4185241852

Actual

Forecast

Forecast for 2013-14 Price CapActual CPI-U Values thru 7/16/13 and Global Insight Forecast

0.0016502343

0.0034385361

0.0048962796

0.0063313771

0.0076517838

0.0092965392

0.0105314755

0.0114248959

0.0125681525

0.0140386801

0.0156794177

0.0156794177

0.0169570892

0.0009848367

4151841518

4154841548

4157941579

4160941609

4164041640

4167141671

4169941699

4173041730

4176041760

4179141791

4182141821

4185241852

0.017182414

0.0185644914

0.0196540942

0.0006209778

0.0005473621

0.0005265807

0.000465293

0.0002986893

0.0002652276

Actual

Forecast

Price Cap Forecast for 2015 Price Change

0.0009848367

0.0017854205

0.0028083289

0.0040467377

0.0053526699

0.0062918924

0.0075561612

0.0091871398

0.0109668137

0.0127048241

0.0143763886

0.0158040786

Actual

Projected

Price Cap

Price Cap Projection - Periodicals, Package Services, & Special Services

Actual

Forecasted

Price Cap


2.413%

RECOMMENDED 2019 MAILING PROMOTIONS CALENDAR

DRAFT Proposed for 2019 Rate Case Filing

Mobile Shopping

MARKETING MAIL

MARKETING MAIL AND FIRST-CLASS MAIL

Personalized and Preprinted Color Transpromo Registration

May 15 - Dec 31Promotion Period (6 months)

July 1 – December 31

RegistrationJan 15 – Aug 31

Promotion Period (6 months)March 1 – August 31

Emerging & Advanced Technology

RegistrationDec 15 – July 31

Promotion Period (6 months)February 1 – July 31

Tactile, Sensory & Interactive Engagement

RegistrationJune 15 – Dec 31

JAN – FEB – MARCH APRIL – MAY – JUNE JULY – AUG – SEPT OCT – NOV – DEC

Promotion Period (5 months)August 1 – December 31)

Earned Value Promotion Period (3 months)

April 1 – June 30

*registration closes Mar 31, 2019

RegistrationFeb 15 -

Mar 31, 2019

FIRST-CLASS MAIL

Informed Delivery• Registration• July 15 – Nov 30

• Promotion Period (3 months)• September 1 – November 30

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First-Class Mail - ~2.5% overall increase

Product CPI Percent Change

Single-piece Letters & Cards 7.5%Flats -11.0%Presort Letters & Cards 1.0%First-Class Mail International*(includes letters, cards, and flats)

0.0%

• First-Class stamp price moves to 55 cents• Promotions reinstated for 2019

* Does not include International Inbound

2019 Price Change

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Key First-Class Mail Single-Piece Prices CurrentPrice

NewPrice

PercentChange

Stamp Price 1 Oz. 0.50 0.55 10.0%

Single Piece Additional Ounce 0.21 0.15 -28.6%

Meter Price 1 Oz. 0.47 0.50 6.4%

Single-Piece Flats 1 Oz. 1.00 1.00 0.0%

Single-Piece Cards 0.35 0.35 0.0%

2019 Price Change

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Key First-Class Mail Bulk Prices CurrentPrice

NewPrice

PercentChange

Mixed AADC Automation Letters 0.424 0.428 0.9%

AADC Automation Letters 0.408 0.412 1.0%

5-Digit Automation Letters 0.378 0.383 1.3%

Mixed ADC Automation Flats* 0.705 0.727 3.1%

3-Digit Automation Flats* 0.593 0.605 2.0%

5-Digit Automation Flats* 0.474 0.486 2.5%

*Including the price reduction for extra ounce pieces, Flats prices will decrease by an average of 11.0%.Note: Full Service IMb discount remains at $0.003.

2019 Price Change

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USPS Marketing Mail


Letters 2.4%

Flats 2.6%

Carrier Route Letters, Flats, and Parcels 0.7%

High Density / Saturation Letters 3.8%

High Density / Saturation Flats and Parcels 3.6%

Parcels 2.7%

EDDM-Retail 5.1%

~2.5% overall increase

Note: Full Service IMb discount increases to $0.003.

2019 Price Change

Key USPS Marketing Mail Commercial Origin Prices CurrentPrice

NewPrice

PercentChange

Letters(5-Digit Auto entered at Origin)

$0.251 $0.256 1.99%

Flats(5-Digit Auto Flat entered at Origin)

$0.393 $0.405 3.05%

Carrier Route(Flat entered at Origin)

$0.295 $0.300 1.69%

High Density/Saturation Letters(Saturation Letter entered at Origin)

$0.186 $0.190 2.15%

High Density/Saturation Flats(Saturation Flat entered at Origin)

$0.219 $0.224 2.28%

EDDM-Retail $0.178 $0.187 5.06%

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2019 Price Change

USPS Marketing Mail Nonprofit Origin Prices CurrentPrice

NewPrice

PercentChange

Letters(5-Digit Auto entered at Origin) $0.136 $0.138 1.47%

Flats(5-Digit Auto Flat entered at Origin) $0.227 $0.231 1.76%

Carrier Route(Flat entered at Origin) $0.213 $0.216 1.41%

High Density/Saturation Letters(Saturation Letter entered at Origin) $0.111 $0.111 0.00%

High Density/Saturation Flats(Saturation Flat entered at Origin) $0.136 $0.136 0.00%

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2019 Price Change

Marketing Mail Comm,Auto Letters

CurrentPrice

NewPrice

$ Difference % Difference

Mixed Origin $0.287 $0.291 $0.004 1.39%

5-Digit Origin $0.251 $0.256 $0.005 1.99%

5-Digit DNDC $0.227 $0.234 $0.007 3.08%

5-Digit DSCF $0.220 $0.228 $0.008 3.64%

HD DSCF $0.172 $0.184 $0.012 6.98%

Saturation Origin $0.186 $0.190 $0.004 2.15%

Saturation DNDC $0.164 $0.170 $0.006 3.66%

Saturation DSCF $0.158 $0.165 $0.007 4.43%

$0.024 $0.022

$0.006$0.007

$0.022

$0.006

$0.020

$0.005

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2019 Price Change

Marketing Mail NonprofitAuto Letters

CurrentPrice

NewPrice

$ Difference % Difference

Mixed Origin $0.172 $0.173 $0.001 0.58%

5-Digit Origin $0.136 $0.138 $0.002 1.47%

5-Digit DNDC $0.112 $0.116 $0.004 3.57%

5-Digit DSCF $0.105 $0.110 $0.005 4.76%

HD DSCF* $0.090 $0.099 $0.009 10.00%

Saturation Origin $0.111 $0.111 $0.000 0.00%

Saturation DNDC $0.089 $0.091 $0.002 2.25%

Saturation DSCF $0.083 $0.086 $0.003 3.61%

$0.024 $0.022

$0.006$0.007

$0.022

$0.006

$0.020

$0.005

2019 Price Change

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Marketing Mail Comm.Auto Flats

CurrentPrice

New Price

$ Difference

% Difference

5-Digit DSCF $0.340 $0.352 $0.012 3.53%

C-R Basic DSCF $0.257 $0.262 $0.005 1.95%

Pure C-R DSCF $0.238 $0.241 $0.003 1.26%

Pure C-R DDU $0.227 $0.232 $0.005 2.20%

HD DSCF (125 pieces) $0.194 $0.205 $0.011 5.67%

HD+ DSCF (300 pieces) $0.173 $0.187 $0.014 8.09%

Saturation DSCF (90%) $0.165 $0.179 $0.014 8.48%

Saturation DDU (90%) $0.156 $0.161 $0.005 3.21%

$0.019

$0.009$0.011

$0.090

$0.021

$0.083

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2019 Price Change

Marketing Mail Pound-Rate Commercial Flats

Rev/Pc – 8 oz. Auto Flats

CurrentRev/Pc*

New Rev/Pc*

$Difference

%Difference

5-Digit DSCF $0.511 $0.525 $0.014 2.84%

C-R Basic DSCF $0.393 $0.400 $0.007 1.65%

Pure C-R DSCF $0.374 $0.379 $0.005 1.20%

Pure C-R DDU $0.352 $0.360 $0.008 2.13%

HD DSCF $0.293 $0.311 $0.018 6.32%

HD+ DSCF $0.272 $0.293 $0.021 7.92%

Saturation DSCF $0.264 $0.285 $0.021 8.16%

Saturation DDU $0.246 $0.251 $0.005 2.04%

*Current and New Revenue per piece rounded to 3 decimal points15

2019 Price Change

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Periodicals CPI PercentChange

Outside County 2.54%

Inside County 2.02%

The top 100 large circulation publications will pay between 2.0 and 2.9 percent more in postage from this price change.

On average, heavier weight mailers will also see their postage increase by less than CPI.

On average, large Nonprofit mailers will see increase in their prices from 1.3 to 2.8 percent.

On average, smaller, low circulation publications (less than 150 thousand per issue) will see above average increases due to small circulation, lighter weight pieces and a higher percentage of non-machinable pieces.

Ride Along Prices changed by $0.002 or 1.1%

2019 Price Change

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Package Services - ~2.5% overall increaseProduct CPI Percent Change

Media Mail/Library Mail 2.95%Alaska Bypass 2.21%Bound Printed Matter

Flats- Overall 2.47%Origin – Carrier Route 0.81%DSCF – Carrier Route 3.11%DDU – Carrier Route 0.74%

Parcels - Overall 2.22%Origin - Basic Presort 1.51%DSCF - Basic Presort 3.22%DDU - Basic Presort 2.12%

2019 Price Change

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PO Boxes™ 4.0%

Certified Mail® 1.5%

Return Receipt 2.9%

Certificate of Mailing 3.1%

Address Correction Service 1.5%

All Other 2.8%

Extra Services - ~2.5% overall increase

Competitive Prices Jan. 2019Products % Change

Priority Mail 5.9%

Priority Mail Express 3.9%

Parcel Select Non-Lightweight (destination entered) 9.3%

Parcel Select Ground -1.3%

Parcel Select Lightweight (PSLW) 12.3%

First-Class Package Service (FCPS) 12.3%

Retail Ground 3.9%

Parcel Return Service (PRS) 6.8%

International 5.1%

2019 Price Change

FCPS will include zoned based pricing.DIM weighting will apply to all entries and zones for PM, PME and Parcel Select >1 cubic foot w/ DIM divisor of 166.

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ResourcesOnline Postal Explorer® ─ pe.usps.com

• Current and new prices− Including downloadable price files in excel and CSV

formats

• Federal Register notices

• Domestic Mail Manual & International Mail Manual

DMM® Advisory ─ posted on Postal Explorer, also special e-mail updates

2019 Price Change

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