The U.S. Postal Service wants to raise standard mail rates by an average of 9% and all rates by approximately 7.1%, and will ask for those hikes in a filing with the Postal Rate Commission later today.
Specifically, the USPS is proposing to raise the first class rate by 7.1%; Priority Mail by 13.8%; Express Mail by 12.5%; package services by 13.4% and special services by 11.2%.