S&P Global (who took over IHS Markit, and now produces the PMI surveys) releases "flash" (provisional) PMIs for just 4 of the big economies: The USA, UK, Euro Zone, and Japan. But the correlation of the "Big 4" with the "Big 8" is (no surprise) close.
Both series are calculated from the extreme-adjusted series for each country, weighted by PPP GDP. The "Big 8" PMI crossed the 50% "recession line" in October, and so will likely have retreated further in November. Note that extreme-adjustment sharply attenuates the downward spike in GDP during the Covid Crash in early 2020. These indices are now lower than they were during the Euro crisis in 2012.
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