POLL-TABLE-Czech Aug manufacturing PMI index dips to 58.8

...manufacturing sector in August. 
    A figure above 50 indicates expansion on the previous month 
while a number below 50 signals contraction. 
 
                                   AUG 07    JULY 07     AUG 06 
 Purchasing Managers' Index        58.8       59.5       56.9 
 Output                            61.2       61.8       59.4 
 New orders                        60.3       60.8       59.9 
 New export orders                 58.1       58.1       53.3 
 Quantity of purchases             57.9       60.7       58.3 
 Backlogs of work                  54.7       57.0       54.2 
 Input prices                      62.5       62.1       66.6 
 Output prices                     55.6       54.6       54.1 
 Supplier's delivery times         43.2       40.3       45.3 
 Stocks of purchases               57.0       56.3       54.7 
 Stocks of finished goods          47.0       47.6       49.4 
 Employment                        55.8       56.3       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