Consumer prices inched up 0.1% on the month in April, the statistics institute INS said. Food prices were stable on the month, while non-food and service prices edged up 0.2% and 0.1%, respectively.
Romanians paid by 14% less for eggs in April compared with the previous month, while edible oil prices declined 1%, the data showed.
In the non-food sector, prices of tobacco and cigarettes increased 2.76% on the month, while urban transport services were up 0.86%. Fuel prices declined 1.5% on a monthly basis in April.
The country’s harmonized index of consumer prices, or HICP, edged up to 4.1% at the end of April, from 3.9% the month before.
Romanian central bank targets an annual inflation of 2.5% at the end of 2013, plus/minus one percentage point around the band.
Last week, the bank revised downward its inflation forecast for 2013 to 3.2% from 3.5% previously, reflecting a lower inflationary impact of fuel and volatile prices.
Central bank governor Mugur Isarescu said the annual inflation is expected to fall inside the target range in September.