But central bank governor Mugur Isarescu said Wednesday that the inflation will end between 5% and 6% this year, peaking at 8.5% at the end of March. For 2008, the Romanian central bank has set an inflation target of 2.8%-4.8%.
The IMF sees inflation dropping sharply to 4% in 2009, touching the 2.5%-4.5% target established by the central bank.
Romania’s economic growth is seen slowing to 5.4% this year, compared with 6% in 2007. Romania’s Prognosis Commission sees a real gross domestic product increase of 6.5% this year and 6.1% in 2009.