Food prices were up 0.91% on the month in January, non-food items cost 0.93% less compared with December, and service prices were 0.37% lower, the data showed.
Compared with January 2016, Romanians paid 1.12% more for food items, but 0.24% less for non-food items, and 1.08% less for services.
The Romanian central bank’s latest forecast sees inflation at 1.7% at the end of 2017.