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Euro currency bills are pictured at the Croatian National Bank in Zagreb, Croatia, May 21, 2019. Picture taken May 21, 2019. Image used for illustrative purpose. Antonio Bronic, Reuters
Romania's consumer price inflation dropped to 6.61% on the year in March from 7.23% the previous month, below expectations, data from the National Statistics Board showed on Thursday.
The median forecast of a Reuters poll of analysts put Romanian inflation at 6.70% year-on-year, above the central bank's 1.5%-3.5% target.
Data showed prices rose 0.42% on the month in March, with food prices up 0.25%, non-food prices up 0.57% and services up 0.35%. (Reporting by Anna Banacka and Antonis Triantafyllou in Gdansk)