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Romania's foreign trade deficit increased in March from a year ago as exports grew faster than imports. The trade gap rose to EUR 2.93 billion in March from EUR 2.86 billion in the corresponding month last year. In February, there was also a shortfall of EUR 2.42 billion. Exports climbed 6.2 percent year-on-year in March, and imports rose by 5.3 percent.
China's inflation unexpectedly accelerated and factory gate inflation hit a 45-month high in April as the war in the Middle East stoked energy prices, official data showed Monday. Consumer price inflation rose to 1.2 percent in April from 1.0 percent in March, the National Bureau of Statistics reported. Prices were expected to climb 0.9 percent.
Lithuania's consumer price inflation accelerated further in April to the highest level in more than two-and-a-half years. The consumer price index rose 5.3 percent year-on-year in April, faster than the 4.8 percent increase in March. Moreover, this was the highest inflation rate since August 2023, when prices climbed 6.2 percent.
Estonia's foreign trade deficit decreased in March from a year ago as exports grew faster than imports. The trade deficit dropped to EUR 234 million in March from EUR 268 million in the same month last year. In February, the trade gap was EUR 439 million. Exports climbed 8.0 percent from last year, and imports were 6.0 percent higher.