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US Postal Service reports $2 billion quarterly loss as cash crunch continues

FILE PHOTO: A man carries letters into a United States Postal Service (USPS) post office in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, U.S., August 21, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: A man carries letters into a United States Postal Service (USPS) post office in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, U.S., August 21, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Reuters

The U.S. Postal Service on Friday reported a net quarterly loss of $1.95 billion as it faces a growing financial crisis and has warned it could run out of cash as soon as February.

USPS said mail volumes continue to decline. USPS last month said it would temporarily suspend employer payments for a ​federal pension program to conserve cash and plans to raise the price of first-class mail stamps to ‌82 cents from 78 cents effective July 12.

(Reporting by David ShepardsonEditing by Nick Zieminski)

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This story was originally published May 8, 2026 at 12:41 PM.

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