Romania's consumer prices increased for the third straight month in March, figures from the National Bureau of Statistics, cited by rttnews.

The consumer price index edged up 0.2 percent year-over-year in March, the same rate of increase as in February.

Grocery prices grew 1.7 percent annually in March, while costs for services dropped by 1.4 percent. Non-food prices also registered a decline of 0.2 percent.

Month-on-month, consumer prices edged up 0.1 percent in March.