Romanian Prices Rise At 4th Fastest Pace In EU In November

In the EU bloc, monthly inflation was 0.2%, the statistics office Eurostat said. The annual rate was 3.4% in November, unchanged on the month.

Romanian annual inflation came in at 3.5% in November, down from 3.6% a month earlier. The lowest annual rates were observed in Sweden (1.1%), Malta (1.5%) and Ireland (1.7%), and the highest in Slovakia and the United Kingdom (both 4.8%).

The lowest 12-month averages up to September were registered in Ireland (1.1%), Sweden (1.5%), the Czech Republic and Slovenia (both 2.1%), and the highest in Romania (6.2%), Estonia (5.2%) and the United Kingdom (4.4%).