Romanians paid 0.93% more for non-food items in July compared with June, and 0.14% more for services. Food items cost 0.39% less on the month in July.
Compared with July 2016, prices of food rose 2.39%, non-food items cost 1.67% more, while service prices were 0.78% lower, the data showed.
Earlier this week, Romania’s central bank revised upwards its inflation forecast to 1.9% at the end of 2017, from a previous forecast of 1.6%.