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The monthly minimum consumption basket for a decent living standard for a two-adult and two-children family is 9,978 RON in September 2023, up 15.2 percent compared to September 2022, shows data published by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation Romania (FER) and Syndex Romania.
For a two-adult and one-child family, the minimum acceptable basket is 8,205 RON per month, that for a family of two adults without children - 6,162 RON per month, and the monthly basket for a single adult is 3,807 RON.
"The basket was recalculated based on the price indices announced by the National Institute of Statistics for September 2023 compared to September 2022. The increase in the total value of the consumption basket is the effect of the strong increase in costs for all chapters, with the exception of expenses with housing (water, electricity, gas and heating)," FER said in a release.
According to the cited source, food expenditures increased by 10.1 percent in September 2023 compared to September 2022, to 2,090 RON for the standard family (two adults and two children), clothing and footwear expenditures were 11.2 percent higher year-over-year at 949 RON, and those for housing were 27.4 percent up, at 2,894 RON.
Also, home furnishing expenses were updated to 263 RON (+7 percent), housing expenses - to 764 RON (+3.3 percent), spending for household products and personal hygiene - to 316 RON (+15.4 percent), services - to 604 RON (+7.4 percent), education and culture - to 722 RON (+12.6 percent), health care - to 154 RON (+16.8 percent), recreation and vacationing - to 315 RON (+24.6 percent), and the family savings fund - to 907 RON (+15.2 percent).
