{"id":9292,"date":"2026-03-13T10:00:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T10:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=9292"},"modified":"2026-03-13T10:00:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T10:00:49","slug":"inflation-in-romania-falls-slightly-to-9-3-in-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=9292","title":{"rendered":"Inflation in Romania falls slightly to 9.3% in February"},"content":{"rendered":"

The annual inflation rate in Romania fell in February to 9.3% from 9.62% in January, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics<\/a> published on Friday, March 13. It is the seventh consecutive month in which annual inflation has remained above 9%.<\/p>\n

Compared to February 2025, last month the inflation rate was 9.31%.<\/p>\n

The largest price increases were recorded in services, namely 11.37%. In the same time interval, prices of non-food goods increased by 9.41%, and those of food goods by 7.89%.<\/p>\n

Last month, Romania\u2019s National Bank revised its inflation forecast<\/a> for the end of 2026 upward to 3.9%, from 3.7% previously. The bank anticipates that inflation will reach 2.7% by the end of 2027. According to the central bank head Mugur Is\u0103rescu, Romania will see \u201ca collapse of inflation\u201d in 2026.<\/p>\n

Food products<\/h4>\n

In the food products category, the largest price increases during February 2025 to February 2026 were for coffee (25.82%). Fresh fruits became 16.12% more expensive compared with last year, while fruit and fruit preserves rose in price by 13%.<\/p>\n

Sugar products, confectionery products, and honey increased by 13.55%. Other substantial increases were for cow\u2019s milk (9.81%), bread (10.12%), and beef (11.79%), while poultry meat became 8.5% more expensive. Eggs increased in price by 14.33%.<\/p>\n

In the alcoholic beverages category, the price of beer increased in the last year by 7.51%, and that of wine by 6.09%. Another significant increase in prices was also recorded for fresh fish (8.04%), oil (8.78%), and citrus fruits (9.94%), while pork became 3.88% more expensive.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There are also price reductions in February 2026 compared with February 2025. Lower prices were noted for potatoes (-11.82%), beans and other legumes (-4.54%), flour (-2.29%), and cornmeal (-1.27%). A decrease of up to 1% compared with last year during the same period is recorded for sugar.<\/p>\n

Services<\/h4>\n

In the services category, the largest price increases in February 2026 compared with the same month of 2025 were recorded in the case of CFR train tickets, which increased by 24.40%, followed by water, sewerage and sanitation services (17.21%), hygiene and cosmetic services (15.94%), and other services of an industrial nature (15.96%).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Other significant increases in this category were recorded for car repair services (14.90%) and services for making and repairing footwear and clothing (14.86%).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rents increased over the last year by 8.52%. At the same time, medical assistance became more expensive by 12.59%, urban transport increased its tariff by 10.02%, and interurban road transport by 7.99%.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The only price decrease in this category was recorded for air service tariffs, which decreased compared with the previous year by 2.2%.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Non-food goods<\/h4>\n

Among non-food goods, the most significant price increases in February continue to be those of electricity tariffs, which increased by 56.92%, after the elimination of the cap of electricity prices.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Other tariff increases in this category were also recorded for thermal energy (13.41%), books, newspapers, and magazines (10.15%), detergents (9.01%), and tobacco and cigarettes (7.47%). Medicines also increased their prices in February by 4.18%, and fuels by 4.19%.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, gas prices decreased between February 2026 and February 2025 by 4.57%.<\/p>\n

radu@romania-insider.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

(Photo source:\u00a0T<\/a>ero Vesalainen<\/em>|Dreamstime.com<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The annual inflation rate in Romania fell in February to 9.3% from 9.62% in January, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics published on Friday, March 13. It is the seventh consecutive month in which annual inflation has remained above 9%. Compared to February 2025, last month the inflation rate was 9.31%. The […]<\/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-9292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9292","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=9292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9292\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}