Food prices grew 4.96% on the year in September 2020, service prices grew 2.89%, while prices of non-food items grew 0.62%.
Compared with September 2019, consumer prices were 2.5% higher, the data showed.
The annual rate calculated on the basis of the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) is 2.1%.
The average consumer price rate based on the CPI over the last 12 months (October 2019-September 2020) as compared to the previous 12 months (October 2018-September 2019) is 3.0%.
The average rate based on the HICP is 2.8%.
Since the beginning of 2020, the highest price increases were recorded by beans and other vegetables (17.75%), citrus and other meridional fruits (15.91%), while prices of potatoes have fallen by 32.5%, prices of vegetables and canned vegetables have dropped by 5.76% and fuel prices decreased by over 9%.
Romania’s central bank sees inflation at 2.7% at the end of 2020 and at 2.5% in 2021.