Compared with November, Romanians paid 0.24% more for food items in December, 0.4% more for services, and 0.1% less for non-food items.
Compared with December 2014, food prices dropped 6.2%, while non-food prices grew 1.95%, and service prices grew 2.4%, the data showed.
Romania’s central bank expects inflation to remain in negative territory until May 2016 and sees it returning to positive territory by the end of 2016.