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18/03/2026
According to the February Ninamedia survey, short-and medium-term inflation expectations of the financial sector stand at the NBS midpoint target value. One-year ahead inflation expectations stayed unchanged relative to the January survey and stood at 3.0% for the second month in a row. Medium-term and two- and three-year ahead inflation expectations of the financial sector came at 3.0% in the February survey, almost unchanged form a month earlier (in January two-year ahead expectations amounted to 3.1% and three-year ahead to 3.0%).
According to the March Bloomberg survey, financial sector’s short-term inflation expectations declined from 3.7% in February to 3.5% in March
Medium-term corporate expectations continued moving between 4.0% and 5.0% in the past year. One-year ahead inflation expectations of the corporate sector declined from 5.0% in January to 4.0% in the February survey, according to Ninamedia. Two-year ahead corporate expectations stayed at January level, (4.0%), while three-year ahead expectations returned to 5.0% (a level recorded for the most part of 2025), following a decline to 4.7% in January.
For the purpose of transparent communication with the public, since May 2015 the NBS has been publishing regular monthly reports on inflation expectations of the financial sector, corporate sector, trade unions and households. The Report on the Results of the Inflation Expectations Survey and the accompanying materials (time series, methodology and the survey questionnaire) can be accessed on the NBS website, section Publications.
Economic Research and Statistics Department
