Food prices grew 4.09% in February compared with February 2019, prices of non-food items were 2.04% higher, and service prices grew 3.84%.
Compared with January, consumer prices grew 0.25% in February.
According to its February inflation report, Romania’s central bank expects inflation to decline significantly in the early months of 2020 and projects it at 2.8% at the end of the first quarter. It sees year-end inflation at 3% in 2020.