Deputy Governor Voinea: BNR estimates 3.5 inflation rate at end-2018, as planned

BNR (National Bank of Romania) Deputy Governor Liviu Voinea stated that the inflation target will be reached this year too, with the National Bank estimating an inflation rate of 3.5 per cent for the end of 2018. 

"In what concerns the stability of the prices, our inflation target is of 2.5 per cent, plus or minus 1 per cent. This target was reached in 2017, when the inflation rate accounted for 3.3 per cent, and it will also be reached in 2018, when we estimate an inflation rate of 3.5 per cent for the end of the year, and it will also be reached in 2019, when we estimate inflation rate to stand at 3 per cent," stated Liviu Voinea at the opening festivity of the new university year at the University of Craiova. 

Participating in the same event was also Prime Minister Viorica Dancila and Labour Minister Lia Olguta Vasilescu.