 confirms that both trends continue. "Library budget growth remains a top concern, generally lagging behind annual inflation in journal pricing in spite of the annual price increase caps applied to many e-journal packages....Though overall budgets in the U.S. academic library market show modest improvements, the budget for serials materials generally have not kept pace with annual journal price inflation." + ** The [https://www.ebsco.com/news-center/press-releases/ebsco-information-services-releases-serials-price-projection-report-0000 EBSCO Serials Price Projection Report for 0000] (