December 18 (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 2.6% and of the corporate sector amounted to 2.5%, NBS said on Monday in its monthly inflation Expectations Survey for November.
In November, one-year ahead inflation expectations of households came in at 7.0%, while the short-term forecast of trade unions was 4.2%.
Looking two years ahead, the finance and corporate sectors expect 3.0% and 2.5% inflation, respectively, NBS said.
Serbia's average annual consumer price inflation slowed to 1.9% in November from 2.2% in October, the national statistical office said last week.
On a monthly comparison basis, Serbia's consumer price index (CPI) fell by 0.3% in November, after increasing by 0.3% in October.