Romania’s annual inflation rate falls to 4.6% in September
<p>Romania’s annual inflation rate fell sharply to 4.6% in September from <a href="https://www.romania-insider.com/romania-inflation-august-2024" rel="noopener" target="_blank">5.1% in August</a>, according to the <a href="https://insse.ro/cms/sites/default/files/com_presa/com_pdf/ipc09r24.pdf" rel="noopener" target="_blank">official&nbsp;report</a>&nbsp;released by the statistics institute INS on Friday, October 11.</p>

<p>The inflation rate since the beginning of the year (September 2024 compared to December 2023) was 3.8%.</p>

<p>Within a year, the biggest increases were recorded in September for services, where the rise was 7.88%, while food goods rose in price by 4.72%, and non-food goods by 3.3%, <a href="https://economedia.ro/rata-anuala-a-inflatiei-a-coborat-in-septembrie-la-46.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Economedia.ro</a> reported.</p>

<p>Among foods, the biggest year-over-year price increases were recorded for vegetables and canned vegetables - 13.79%, canned fruits - 9.8%, wine - 8.25%, and citrus fruits - 7.73%.</p>

<p>When it comes to non-food goods, detergents were the star of price increases with 14.72%, followed by chemicals - 10.66%, and tobacco and cigarettes - 10.11%.</p>

<p>Meanwhile, the service tariff increase was mainly influenced by a 17.8% hike in postal services and a 17.17% rise in air transport.</p>

<p><i>irina.marica@romania-insider.com</i></p>

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