Flash estimates for March inflation

Several CEE countries will publish flash estimates for March inflation. Poland and Slovenia will already publish Marchs inflation headline on Monday, followed by Croatia and Slovakia (within HICP Eurozone releases) on Tuesday. Czechia will be the last country to release the inflation rate for March. Further, Poland will hold a rate-setting meeting. We expect stability of rates. Other than that, Croatia, Serbia and Hungary will publish the performance of the industry sector in February. In addition, Serbia will release retail sales growth in February. Trade data for February will be published in Serbia, Hungary and Slovenia, and producer prices in Hungary and Romania. Finally, Serbia and Slovenia have scheduled rating assessments by S&P and Fitch, respectively. In Slovenia we do not expect any change, while in Serbia the outlook may be changed to negative from stable.