Romanian inflation rises below expectations to 15.07% y/y in January

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Feb 14 (Reuters) - Romania's consumer price inflation rose to 15.07% on the year in January, below expectations, data from the National Statistics Board showed on Tuesday. In the previous month it came in at 16.37%. The median forecast of a Reuters poll of analysts put Romanian inflation at 15.80% year-on-year, above the central bank's 1.5%-3.5% target.


Data showed prices rose 0.34% on the month in January, with food prices up 1.50%, non-food prices down 0.99% and services up 1.82%. (Reporting by Mateusz Rabiega and Anna Banacka in Gdansk)

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