POLL-TABLE-Czech Dec manufacturing PMI index up to 56.2

    NTC Research and ABN Amro gave the 
following breakdown on Tuesday of the Purchasing Manager's Index 
(PMI) for the Czech manufacturing sector in December. 
    A figure above 50 indicates expansion on the previous month 
while a number below 50 signals contraction. 
 
                                  DEC 06     NOV 06     DEC 05 
 Purchasing Managers' Index        56.2       55.6       55.1 
 Output                            58.9       58.0       59.3 
 New orders                        57.2       56.7       56.9 
 New export orders                 56.5       55.5       55.6 
 Quantity of purchases             60.8       60.6       57.3 
 Backlogs of work                  58.4       54.7       54.4 
 Input prices                      58.9       61.0       52.7 
 Output prices                     52.2       50.8       49.9 
 Supplier's delivery times         46.7       47.2       46.2 
 Stocks of purchases               54.3       54.4       47.6 
 Stocks of finished goods          48.9       51.5       47.8 
 Employment                        54.5       53.8       52.1 
    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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