...sector in April. A figure above 50 indicates expansion on the previous month while a number below 50 signals contraction. APRIL 07 MARCH 07 APRIL 06 Purchasing Managers' Index 56.1 57.0 55.0 Output 56.6 57.3 58.3 New orders 56.5 57.9 57.2 New export orders 57.4 59.0 53.2 Quantity of purchases 58.4 60.3 56.9 Backlogs of work 54.5 56.0 53.7 Input prices 58.0 59.0 57.9 Output prices 57.2 57.0 51.8 Supplier's delivery times 44.8 44.3 49.9 Stocks of purchases 54.3 56.2 49.6 Stocks of finished goods 45.3 45.2 50.1 Employment 56.6 56.7 54.1 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
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