By bne IntelliNews The first release of the Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI, chart) index in Romania, compiled by BCR bank within the S&P Global methodology, shows a drop in February after three consecutive months of improvements. The score fell to 47.1 from 47.6 in the previous month, on a 0-100 scale where scores above 50 indicate an expansionary sentiment. The Romanian manufacturing sector remains stuck in recession, with new shocks from supply chain bottlenecks and higher taxes affecting activity, in the context of already broad-based weakness in demand. The rebound in Romanian manufacturi…