Signs of inflation: Industry starts the year with price increases. Energy, the main driver of growth

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Ex-factory prices rose by 2.2% in January 2026 compared to December and are 7.8% higher than in January 2025, according to data published by the National Institute of Statistics.

Price increases were more pronounced on the domestic market than on the export market. For the Romanian market, the annual increase was 9.31%, while for the foreign market the increase was 4.12%, which shows that cost pressures are particularly evident in the local economy.

The largest price increase was recorded in the energy industry. Overall, prices in this sector are 14.3% higher than a year ago. If we look strictly at the production and supply of electricity and heat, gas, hot water, and air conditioning, the increase reaches 19.38% compared to January 2025. In practice, energy was the main driver of price increases in industry.

The increases are also visible from month to month. In the energy sector, the monthly increase exceeded 5% in January. In the manufacturing industry—which ...

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