November 24 (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 3.3% whereas the corporate sector envisages a 2.5% inflation, NBS said in its monthly inflation expectations survey for October.
In October, one-year ahead inflation expectations of households came in at 10.0%, while the short-term forecast of trade unions was 2.0%.
Looking two years ahead, the finance sector expects 4.0% inflation, while the corporate sector envisages 3.0%, NBS said.
Serbia's consumer prices rose by 6.6% year-on-year in October, after growing by 5.7% in September, official statistics showed.