Romanias inflation problem why disinflation is proving so difficult
中文标题
罗马尼亚的通胀问题：为何去通胀如此艰难
Core conclusion · Tlines extraction
Romania's headline CPI fell from 10.4% in June to 6.6% in September, but much of that reflects base effects from 2025 electricity, VAT and excise hikes dropping out. The NBR's adjusted CORE2 measure slipped only to 6.2%, and services inflation reached 11.1%. ING argues this is persistence, not de-anchoring: cooling demand and fiscal tightening should eventually work, but lagged wage-cost pass-through and repeated shocks slow the adjustment.
- Institution
- ING THINK
- Published
- 10/19/2026
- Research topic
- Inflation · EUR/USD
- Time horizon
- 2026 · 2025 · year-end 2027 · 2024
Key arguments
- Headline disinflation overstates improvement because favourable base effects are doing much of the work; CORE2 remains at 6.2%.
- A relay of overlapping energy, tax and administered-price shocks left lasting marks on wages, rents, services and short-term expectations.
- Services inflation at 11.1% shows persistence has migrated into domestically set prices that cannot be imported away.
- The NBR is constrained rather than passive: with growth near zero and supply shocks unresponsive to rate hikes, it relies on fiscal drag and weak consumption.
Key numbers
- Headline CPI (September)
- 6.6% YoY
- Adjusted CORE2 (September)
- 6.2% YoY
- Services inflation (September)
- 11.1% YoY
- NBR policy rate
- 6.50%
- Current account deficit (2025)
- 7.9% of GDP
Main risks
- If CORE2 and services inflation stay sticky, a much longer period of economic slack or sharper policy intervention may be needed.
- Further energy shocks (geopolitical tensions, low Danube water levels) could re-ignite costs before prior shocks fade.
- Structural constraints such as emigration, ageing and skills mismatches could reignite wage pressures once demand returns.
Corresponding source evidence
Yet underlying inflation remains stubbornly high relative to both the rest of Europe and the National Bank of Romania’s (NBR) target.
While the country is still undergoing some income and price level convergence with the euro area – making a modest inflation differential structurally normal – that benign catch-up has been overwhelmed by much stronger forces.
Before those effects could wash through wages and contracts, a new energy shock emerged in 2026.
· 2026
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