In annual terms inflation accelerated to 5.33% last month from 3.88% in August, Romania's statistics office, INS, said in a statement.
The average monthly inflation in January-September was 0.4% compared to 0.2% a year earlier.
Romania's September consumer prices (pct change):
M/M | Y/Y | |
Total | +1.18 | +5.33 |
Food | +2.27 | +6.91 |
Non-food | +0.62 | +4.30 |
Services | +0.41 | +4.79 |
Romania's end-2011 inflation slowed down to 3.14% from nearly 8.0% in 2010. The country's central bank forecasts 3.2% inflation at end-2012.