In the 12 months ended August 31, the annual rate was at 0.85%.
Food prices rose 0.2% on the month in September, while prices of non-food items and services were both up 0.1% compared with August, the data showed.
Romanians paid by 4.6% more for fruits in September compared with a month earlier, while egg prices increased 3.1%. In the non-food sector, prices of both clothing products and footwear were up 0.25%.
Price of healthcare services went up 0.7% on the month, while rents were up 0.4%.
Romania’s harmonized index of consumer prices, or HICP, went up to 1.8% at the end of last month, from 1.3% in August.
The central bank targets an inflation rate of 2.5% in 2014, plus/minus one percentage point around the band. The bank revised down its year-end forecast to 2.2% from 3.3%, saying the inflation rate is expected to decelerate at a faster pace than initially estimated.
At its latest monetary policy meeting, the central bank has lowered its main lending rate by 25 basis points to an all-time low of 3% a year, and also cut its minimum reserve requirements unchanged for leu deposits to 10% from 12%, while keeping the foreign currency reserve requirements unchanged at 16%.