April 2 (Reuters) - NTC Research and ABN Amro gave the
following breakdown on Monday of the Purchasing Manager's Index
(PMI) for the Czech...
...manufacturing sector in March.
A figure above 50 indicates expansion on the previous month
while a number below 50 signals contraction.
MARCH 07 FEB 07 MARCH 06
Purchasing Managers' Index 57.0 58.5 55.7
Output 57.3 60.3 57.4
New orders 57.9 59.2 58.6
New export orders 59.0 60.2 56.2
Quantity of purchases 60.3 62.8 57.0
Backlogs of work 56.2 57.3 53.0
Input prices 59.0 60.4 52.5
Output prices 57.0 58.5 52.1
Supplier's delivery times 44.3 45.2 48.3
Stocks of purchases 56.2 55.1 51.9
Stocks of finished goods 45.2 45.6 49.2
Employment 56.7 59.5 54.3
NOTE. All indices are seasonally adjusted and are based on
data collected from purchasing executives in 300 manufacturing
companies in the Czech Republic.
(Reporting by Mirka Krufova in Prague)
Keywords: MANUFACTURING PMI/CZECH