Compared with January, Romanians paid 0.65% more for food items, 0.08% more for non-food items, while services cost 1.78% less, the data showed.
Compared with February 2016, food prices were 1.46% higher, non-food items cost 0.11% more, while prices of services were 1.71% lower.
The Romanian central bank’s latest forecast sees inflation at 1.7% at the end of 2017.