1. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) – indicator for determining inflation at national level - Consumer prices were up 1.9% in March 2022 from February 2022. - The inflation rate since the beginning of the year (March 2022 compared to December 2021) is 4.0%. - The annual inflation rate in March 2022 compared to March 2021 is 10.2%. - The average consumer price rate over the last 12 months (April 2021-March 2022) as compared to the previous 12 months (April 2020-March 2021) is 6.5%. 2. The Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) – indicator for determining inflation at EU level - The Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices in March 2022 compared to February 2022 is 101.95%. - The HICP-based annual inflation rate in March 2022 compared to March 2021 is 9.6%. - The HICP-based average consumer price rate over the last 12 months (April 2021-March 2022) as compared to the previous 12 months (April 2020-March 2021) is 5.6%. The annual inflation rate in Romania rose to 10.15% in March 2022, from 8.53% in February, as prices for non-food goods rose by 10.86%, for food by 11.20%, and for services by 6.53%, according to data published on Tuesday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS)."Consumer prices in March 2022 as against February 2022 increased by 1.9%. The inflation rate three months into 2022 (March 2022 as against December 2021) is 4%. The annual inflation rate in March 2022 as against March 2021 is 10.2%. The average rate of consumer prices in the last 12 months (April 2021 - March 2022) as against the previous 12 months (April 2020 - March 2021) is 6.5%," according to INS.The harmonised index of consumer prices in March 2022 as against February 2022 is 101.95%. The annual inflation rate in March 2022 compared with March 2021 against the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) is 9.6%. The average rate of consumer prices in the last 12 months (April 2021 - March 2022) compared with the previous 12 months (April 2020 - March 2021) against HICP is 5.6%.The National Bank of Romania (BNR) is expecting inflation to stand at 11.2% at the end of the second quarter of 2022, at 10.2% at the end of the third quarter and at 9.6% at the end of the fourth quarter of 2022, according to the BNR Quarterly Inflation Report.
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German discount store chain Penny plans to reach a network of 1,000 stores in Romania by 2035, from 417 currently, and earmarked a budget of EUR 3 billion for local development, according to the company's CEO Daniel Gross, quoted by Revista Progresiv. "In our first analysis...
No price hikes are expected in the short term while the prices might decrease in the long term, Romanian finance minister Tanczos Barna told news channel Digi24, commenting on the effects of the tariffs imposed by the...
Romania's rapidly rising public debt remained steady through January, ending the month at RON 964.4 billion (EUR 193.8 billion), or 46.8% of GDP, according to data published by the Finance Ministry. With no FX or Fidelis bond issue to households in the first month of the year, the public debt has remained constant. However, EUR 4 […]
