Compared with December 2017, consumer prices grew 0.8% in January, the data showed.
Romanians paid 0.64% more for food in January compared with December, non-food items cost 1.08% more, and services cost 0.32% more.
Compared with January 2016, food prices grew 4.07%, non-food prices grew 6.23%, and service prices grew 0.9%.
Romania’s central bank last week 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.