...sector in July. A figure above 50 indicates expansion on the previous month while a number below 50 signals contraction. JULY 07 JUNE 07 JULY 06 Purchasing Managers' Index 59.5 57.7 56.0 Output 61.8 60.2 57.9 New orders 60.8 59.0 58.3 New export orders 58.1 56.7 55.0 Quantity of purchases 60.7 61.1 57.7 Backlogs of work 57.0 57.1 52.2 Input prices 62.1 61.6 69.7 Output prices 54.6 55.3 53.7 Supplier's delivery times 40.3 42.6 43.5 Stocks of purchases 56.3 54.8 52.3 Stocks of finished goods 47.6 50.6 49.6 Employment 56.3 54.3 51.9 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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