Food prices were down 0.58% on the month in September, service prices were down a mere 0.01%, but non-food items cost 0.21% more compared with August, the data showed.
Compared with September 2015, Romanians paid 0.46% more for food items in September, but 1.06% less for non-food items and 1.17% less for services.
Romania’s central bank expects inflation to remain in negative territory this year, reaching -0.4% by year-end and sees it at 2% in 2017.