June 20 (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 on Wednesday in its monthly inflation Expectations Survey for May.
In May, one-year ahead inflation expectations of households came in at 5.0%, while the short-term forecast of trade unions was 3.0%.
Looking two years ahead, the finance sector expects 3.0% inflation, while the corporate sector envisages 2.9%, NBS said.
Serbia's average annual consumer price inflation slowed to 2.2% in May, from 3.1% in April, official statistics show.
On a monthly comparison basis, Serbia's consumer price index (CPI) decreased by 0.3% in May, after rising by 0.7% in April, according to figures published on the website of the national statistical office.