Romania’s consumer price inflation picked up in March 2026, interrupting a recent slowdown in price growth. The country’s year-over-year Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose to 9.9% in March, up from 9.3% in February 2026, according to data updated on 14 April 2026.
Both figures reflect year-over-year changes, comparing each month to the same month a year earlier. The increase from February to March suggests that price pressures in the Romanian economy remain elevated, with inflation still running close to double digits despite earlier signs of easing.
The re-acceleration of CPI in March underscores lingering cost pressures for households and businesses and may complicate the policy outlook, as the latest data reverses part of the disinflation observed in February on a year-over-year basis.
