The US postal service is urged to function 3 days a week to spare the operational cost. The Postal service is facing a deficit of $238 billion budget by the next decade. A detailed study has been conducted by them and the reports were presented before the US congressional.

They had indicated on hike in postal charges and diversifying into other business areas. One may be sales of products like insurance, bank accounts etc at the post office, though these are yet to be finalized.

The volume of postal services had gone down drastically due to people opting to electronic media like email etc. to communicate