TABLE-Czech Sept manufacturing PMI index dips to 55.4

    Oct 2 (Reuters) - NTC Research and ABN Amro gave the 
following breakdown on Monday of the Purchasing Manager's Index 
(PMI) for the Czech manufacturing sector in September. 
    A figure above 50 indicates expansion on the previous month 
while a number below 50 signals contraction. 
 
                                  SEPT 06    AUG 06     SEPT 05 
 Purchasing Managers' Index        55.4       56.9       54.8 
 Output                            57.0       59.4       57.7 
 New orders                        57.4       59.9       58.1 
 New export orders                 53.1       53.3       55.5 
 Quantity of purchases             57.7       58.3       56.1 
 Backlogs of work                  54.8       54.2       55.4 
 Input prices                      59.0       66.6       54.7 
 Output prices                     54.4       54.1       50.3 
 Supplier's delivery times         44.8       45.3       46.1 
 Stocks of purchases               53.4       54.7       46.4 
 Stocks of finished goods          50.0       49.4       46.9 
 Employment                        51.5       51.9       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) 
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