Postal Service says its cash crisis is delayed until at least 2031, but problems loom

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(NPR) Helped by pausing payments to worker retirement funds, the U.S. Postal Service is no longer on track to run out of money and stop deliveries next year, Postmaster General David Steiner confirmed to Congress on Wednesday.

But with people and businesses still sending a lot less mail compared to decades ago, the self-funded federal agency remains close to a financial cliff as it struggles to continue delivering mail six days a week to just about every address in the country.

A cash crisis at USPS may now come sometime between 2031 and 2034, according to the agency's latest projections.

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