The seasonally adjusted Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) compiled by market intelligence company S&P Global posted 43.8 for Czechia in July as local manufacturing companies continue to face record downturns. The index has been below the 50-point mark separating growth and decline for well over two years now and is also down on June’s 45.3 and May’s 46.1. Production levels were falling at the quickest pace since November 2022. “The operating month of the second half of 2024 brought further downward momentum across the Czech manufacturing sector, as operating conditions deteriorate…