POLL-TABLE-Czech May manufacturing PMI index dips to 55.8

...manufacturing sector in May. 
    A figure above 50 indicates expansion on the previous month 
while a number below 50 signals contraction. 
 
                                  MAY 07    APRIL 07    MAY 06 
 Purchasing Managers' Index        55.8       56.1       56.4 
 Output                            58.3       56.6       58.7 
 New orders                        56.5       56.5       58.8 
 New export orders                 56.4       57.4       55.6 
 Quantity of purchases             58.9       58.4       57.5 
 Backlogs of work                  53.2       54.5       53.8 
 Input prices                      59.5       58.0       60.0 
 Output prices                     57.5       57.2       51.0 
 Supplier's delivery times         43.7       44.8       46.5 
 Stocks of purchases               52.1       54.3       52.0 
 Stocks of finished goods          47.3       45.3       46.7 
 Employment                        53.5       56.6       54.4 
    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