Romania inflation slows, industrial production falls
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Romania’s consumer price inflation eased in April, and industrial production declined in March, driven by falls in manufacturing, and mining and quarrying, data from the National Institute of Statistics (INS) shows.
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The consumer price index rose 2.7% year-on-year in April, after a 3% increase in March and February. Prices of food products grew 5.72% and those of non-food products rose by 0.53% in April. Services cost increased by 3.06%. On a monthly basis, consumer prices rose 0.26% in April.
In a separate report, the Bucharest-based statistics institute said that industrial production declined 14.5% y.o.y. in March. On month, the industrial production fell a seasonally and working-day adjusted 12.4% in March.
On an unadjusted basis, industrial production declined 12.7% annually and fell 3.4% month-on-month, INS said on May 13.
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