The annual inflation rate increased and
The annual inflation rate rose, in May 2025, to 5.45%, from 4.9% in April, according to data published on Thursday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).
« The consumer price index in May 2025 compared to April 2025 was 100.46%. The inflation rate from the beginning of the year (May 2025 compared to December 2024) was 2.6%. The annual inflation rate in May 2025 compared to May 2024 was 5.5%. The average rate of consumption prices in the last 12 The previous 12 months (June 2023 – May 2024) was 5.0% », the Ins statement said.
According to INS, the harmonized index of consumption prices in May 2025 compared to April 2025 was 100.49%. The annual inflation rate in May 2025 compared to May 2024 calculated on the basis of the harmonized index of consumer prices (IAPC) was 5.4%. The average rate of the modification of consumption prices in the last 12 months (June 2024 – May 2025) compared to the previous 12 months (June 2023 – May 2024) determined on the basis of the IAP was 5.2%.
The NBR has increased, to 4.6%, from 3.8% previous, the inflation forecast for the end of 2025 and anticipates that it will reach 3.4% at the end of 2026, compared with 3.1% in the previous forecast, according to the data presented by the BNR governor, Mugur Isărescu.
He mentioned that the NBR will work together with the new government to find the optimal solutions that can lead inflation, based on a sustainable and gradual reduction of the public deficit, but without having economic recession.
Also, the National Bank anticipates that the annual inflation rate will be at 5.1% at the end of the second quarter of 2025, to decrease to 3.3% at the end of the first quarter of 2027, according to the quarterly report, the May 2025 edition.
