Food prices were up 0.26% on the month in December, non-food items cost 0.3% more compared with November, while service prices were 0.08% higher, the data showed.
Compared with December 2015, Romanians paid 0.68% more for food items, but 0.87% less for non-food items and 1.83% less for services.
Romania’s central bank expected inflation to remain in negative territory in 2016, seeing it at -0.4% at the end of the year.