...sector in October. A figure above 50 indicates expansion on the previous month while a number below 50 signals contraction. OCT 07 SEPT 07 OCT 06 Purchasing Managers' Index 54.6 55.8 54.6 Output 57.2 57.3 55.3 New orders 54.2 57.6 56.3 New export orders 53.8 55.5 54.9 Quantity of purchases 55.3 56.4 58.5 Backlogs of work 51.1 52.0 53.6 Input prices 61.9 60.1 62.1 Output prices 55.0 53.5 53.0 Supplier's delivery times 43.6 44.6 45.5 Stocks of purchases 54.0 55.4 54.4 Stocks of finished goods 49.8 47.7 48.6 Employment 51.2 52.0 51.2 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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