October 18 (SeeNews) - Serbia's financial and corporate sectors expect inflation to remain within the 1.5%-4.5% target band in the short and medium term, the country's central bank, NBS, said.
One-year-ahead inflation expectations of the finance sector stood at 3.0% and of the corporate sector amounted to 2.6%, NBS said in on Wednesday in the September edition of its monthly survey on inflation expectations.
In September, one-year ahead inflation expectations of households came in at 5.0%, while the short-term forecast of trade unions was 4.05%.
Looking two years ahead, the finance and corporate sectors expect 2.8% and 2.6% inflation, respectively, NBS said.
Serbia's average annual consumer price inflation quickened to 2.1% in September from 2.6% in August, according to data by the national statistical office.
On a monthly comparison basis, Serbia's consumer price index (CPI) fell by 0.3% in September, after increasing by 0.3% in August