October 19 (SeeNews) - Serbia's financial and corporate sectors expect inflation to stand 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 2.0% and of the corporate sector amounted to 1.9%, NBS said on Friday in its monthly inflation expectations survey for September.
In September, one-year ahead inflation expectations of households came in at 7.0%, while the short-term forecast of trade unions was 2.5%.
Looking two years ahead, the finance sector expects 2.6% inflation, while the corporate sector envisages 1.8%, NBS said.
Serbia's consumer prices rose by 1.8% year-on-year in September, after growing by 1.9% in August, official statistics show.