TABLE-Czech Oct manufacturing PMI index dips to 54.6

    Nov 1 (Reuters) - NTC Research and ABN Amro gave the 
following breakdown on Wednesday of the Purchasing Manager's 
Index (PMI) for the Czech manufacturing sector in October. 
    A figure above 50 indicates expansion on the previous month 
while a number below 50 signals contraction. 
 
                                   OCT 06   SEPT 06      OCT 05 
 Purchasing Managers' Index        54.6       55.4       54.4 
 Output                            55.3       57.0       56.8 
 New orders                        56.3       57.4       57.3 
 New export orders                 54.9       53.1       54.8 
 Quantity of purchases             58.5       57.7       56.0 
 Backlogs of work                  53.6       54.8       54.4 
 Input prices                      62.1       59.0       54.4 
 Output prices                     53.0       54.4       50.9 
 Supplier's delivery times         45.5       44.8       46.8 
 Stocks of purchases               54.4       53.4       47.0 
 Stocks of finished goods          48.6       50.0       46.4 
 Employment                        51.2       51.5       51.3 
    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) 
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