{"id":8903,"date":"2026-02-16T11:01:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T11:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=8903"},"modified":"2026-02-16T11:01:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T11:01:25","slug":"annual-inflation-in-romania-slightly-lower-at-9-62-in-january-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=8903","title":{"rendered":"Annual inflation in Romania slightly lower at 9.62% in January 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The annual inflation rate in Romania stood at 9.62% in January 2026, slightly lower from 9.69% in December 2025 and 9.76% a month before, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/insse.ro\/cms\/sites\/default\/files\/com_presa\/com_pdf\/ipc01r26.pdf\">National Institute for Statistics<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Prices increased on average by +0.86% in January compared to December. Food prices increased on average by 0.9%. Vegetable prices rose marginally (+4% compared to December), but they are still lower than in January 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last 12 months, consumer prices rose by\u00a07.7% compared to the previous 12 months, according to the INS data.<\/p>\n<p>The largest annual price increases were recorded in services (11.59%). In the same time interval, prices of non-food goods increased by 9.99%, and those of food goods by 7.86%.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Food prices:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Coffee: +24.66%<br \/>\nFresh fruit: +17.14%<br \/>\nEggs: +13.06%<br \/>\nSugar, confectionery, honey: +13.83%<br \/>\nBeef: +11.99%<br \/>\nCow milk: +10.95%<br \/>\nOil: +10.52%<br \/>\nBread: +9.91%<br \/>\nPoultry: +8.91%<br \/>\nBeer: +7.37%<br \/>\nPotatoes: -10.77%<br \/>\nDry beans and legumes: -3.52%<\/p>\n<p><strong>Services:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CFR train tickets: +24.40%<br \/>\nHygiene and cosmetic services: +17.75%<br \/>\nOther industrial services: +16.84%<br \/>\nFootwear\/clothing repair: +14.87%<br \/>\nCar repair: +14.67%<br \/>\nMedical care: +13.16%<\/p>\n<p><strong>Non-food goods:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Electricity: +59.33% (after price cap elimination)<br \/>\nThermal energy: +15.61%<br \/>\nBooks, newspapers, magazines: +10.10%<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"mailto:radu@romania-insider.com\">radu@romania-insider.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo source:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/\">Bizroug|Dreamstime.com<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The annual inflation rate in Romania stood at 9.62% in January 2026, slightly lower from 9.69% in December 2025 and 9.76% a month before, according to the National Institute for Statistics.\u00a0 Prices increased on average by +0.86% in January compared to December. Food prices increased on average by 0.9%. Vegetable prices rose marginally (+4% compared [&hellip;]<\/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-8903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8903","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=8903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8903\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}