Compared with January, consumer prices grew 0.3% in February, the data showed.
Romanians paid 0.61% more for food in February compared with January, non-food items cost 0.13% more, and services cost 0.18% more.
Compared with February 2017, food prices grew 3.74%, non-food prices grew 6.27%, and service prices grew 2.92%.
Early February, Romania’s central bank revised its inflation forecast upwards to 5% from 3.9% for the first two quarters of the year and to 3.5% for the end of the year, from a previous projection of 3.2%.
The central bank maintains its inflation target of 1.5%-3.5% for 2018.