39 CFR § 3050.26 - Documentation of demand elasticities and volume forecasts.

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title: "39 CFR § 3050.26 - Documentation of demand elasticities and volume forecasts."
title_number: 39
title_name: "Postal Service"
section_number: "3050.26"
section_name: "Documentation of demand elasticities and volume forecasts."
chapter_name: "POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "F"
subchapter_name: "PERIODIC REPORTING, ACCOUNTING PRACTICES, AND TAX RULES"
part_number: "3050"
part_name: "PERIODIC REPORTING"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "39 U.S.C. 503, 3651, 3652, 3653."
regulatory_source: "74 FR 20850, May 5, 2009, unless otherwise noted."
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# 3050.26 Documentation of demand elasticities and volume forecasts.

By January 20 of each year, the Postal Service shall provide econometric estimates of demand elasticity for all postal products accompanied by the underlying econometric models and the input data sets used; and a volume forecast for the current fiscal year, and the underlying volume forecasting model.