November 19 (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 2.8% and of the corporate sector amounted to 2.4%, NBS said on Monday in its monthly inflation Expectations Survey for October.
In October, one-year ahead inflation expectations of households came in at 8.0%, while the short-term forecast of trade unions was 4.5%.
Looking two years ahead, the finance and corporate sectors expect 3.0% and 2.5% inflation, respectively, NBS said.
Serbia's average annual consumer price inflation quickened to 2.2% in October from 2.1% in September, the national statistical office said last week.
On a monthly comparison basis, Serbia's consumer price index (CPI) grew by 0.3% in October, after increasing by the same rate in September.