March 28 (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 on Wednesday.
One-year-ahead inflation expectations of the corporate and financial sectors stood at 3.0%, NBS said in its monthly Inflation Expectations Survey for February.
In February, one-year ahead inflation expectations of households came in at 5.0%, while the short-medium-term forecast of trade unions was 3.0%.
Looking two years ahead, households and trade unions expect 5.0% and 3.25% inflation, respectively, NBS said.
Serbia's annual consumer price inflation slowed to 1.5% in February from 1.9% in January, according to data from the country's statistical office.
On a monthly comparison basis, Serbia's consumer price index (CPI) rose by 0.3% in February, the same rate of increase as in January.