February 26 (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 Tuesday.
One-year-ahead inflation expectations of the finance sector stood at 2.65% and of the corporate sector amounted to 2.1%, NBS said in its monthly inflation Expectations Survey for January.
In January, one-year ahead inflation expectations of households came in at 6.0%, while the short-term forecast of trade unions was 3.75%.
Looking two years ahead, both the finance and corporate sectors expect 3.0% inflation, NBS said.
Serbia's average annual consumer price inflation accelerated to 2.1% in January, from 2.0% in December, according to the latest official data available.
On a monthly comparison basis, Serbia's consumer price index (CPI) increased by 0.4% in January, after rising by 0.1% in December.