{"id":10141,"date":"2026-05-13T08:00:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T08:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=10141"},"modified":"2026-05-13T08:00:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T08:00:56","slug":"romanias-annual-inflation-jumps-to-10-7-in-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=10141","title":{"rendered":"Romania\u2019s annual inflation jumps to 10.7% in April"},"content":{"rendered":"

Romania\u2019s annual inflation rate climbed to 10.7% in April 2026, marking a sharp increase after eight consecutive months with price growth above 9%, according to new data<\/a> published by the National Institute of Statistics. Electricity, fuel, and rent prices recorded some of the steepest increases.<\/p>\n

In March, the annual inflation was 9.9%<\/a>. The rate from the beginning of the year, measured between April 2026 and December 2025, reached 3.1%, while consumer prices increased by 0.84% compared to March 2026.<\/p>\n

According to the statistics office, the average consumer price growth over the past 12 months stood at 9% compared to the previous 12-month period.<\/p>\n

Among food products, coffee recorded the largest annual increase, with prices up 21.76%, followed by eggs, which rose by 14.78%.<\/p>\n

The strongest price increases were registered in non-food goods and services. Electricity prices surged by 54.18% year-on-year, while diesel prices increased by 32.68% and gasoline by 22.42%.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the services sector, rents posted the highest increase at 43.78%, followed by hygiene and cosmetic services at 15.07%, and water, sewage, and sanitation services at 15.05%.<\/p>\n

The National Bank of Romania previously warned that inflation would remain elevated between March and June 2026, above the levels projected in its February forecast, according to News.ro<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The central bank expects inflation to peak around mid-2026 before declining sharply in the following quarter due to base effects. The bank\u2019s latest forecast sees inflation slowing to 3.9% by December 2026 and further easing to 2.9% by the end of 2027.<\/p>\n

irina.marica@romania-insider.com<\/p>\n

(Photo source: T<\/a>ero Vesalainen\/Dreamstime.com<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Romania\u2019s annual inflation rate climbed to 10.7% in April 2026, marking a sharp increase after eight consecutive months with price growth above 9%, according to new data published by the National Institute of Statistics. Electricity, fuel, and rent prices recorded some of the steepest increases. In March, the annual inflation was 9.9%. The rate from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10141\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}