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Fintech, Real-time Big-Data Analytics Provider, Nowcast, Inc.

Ryota Hayashi

Fintech, Real-time Big-Data Analytics Provider

Nowcast, Inc.

We at Nowcast develop "Big-Data Economic Analytics Platforms".  We aim to revolutionize the financial markets by providing "accurate" and "real-time" analytics based on economic indicators and corporate activity data procured worldwide. 

Our Main Services

(1) Real-time Analytics
With our Nikkei CPI Now Index at our core, we provide real time analytics of global economic indicators such as POS Data. By utilizing Big-Data technology, we also provide real-time analytics of micro level data such as corporate earnings. 

(2) Big-Data Application Consulting
We too provide business consultation and conduct joint research on initiatives that strive to use data, such as from the operation capacity of construction machinery to number of passengers on railroad trains, as economic indicators. We provide continuous support to Data Scientists specialized in economics in their proposal stage, product development and up till its business development. 

(3) Monetary Policy Insights
With the proactive involvement of and support from from academicians in macroeconomics & key figures in the financial industry, we produce reports, conduct seminars and meetings that discuss about the forecast of financial markets, provide intellectual suggestions on asset allocation, etc. 

Macroeconomics

<ul><li>Most recent trends of each Nikkei CPINow index (Year-on-Year)</li><li>The Nikkei CPINow T index (for March 2017) changes at +0.00%.</li><li>The Nikkei CPINow S index (for April 2017) increased by 0.54%.</li><li>Both New Core Core CPI and S-Index for May remain weak</li></ul>

Most recent trends of each Nikkei CPINow index (Year-on-Year)The Nikkei CPINow T index (for March 2017) changes at +0.00%.The Nikkei CPINow S index (for April 2017) increased by 0.54%.Both New Core Core CPI and S-Index for May remain weak

Potato Chips Appear to Push the Ever-Weakening Inflation Rate - Nowcast May 2017 Report