February 2017 Review of Current Developments in Japan's Economy

March 2017 Review of Current Development in Japan's Economy

April 3rd, 2017 Nikkei CPINOW T-Index Weekly Report

Evaluating the Performance of Bank of Japan's Core Core

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

The year-on-year growth rate for the monthly T-index showed no change from ▲0.00% on February 2017 to +0.00% on March 2017.Products contributing positively the most are sparkling wine, cigarette or smoking-related products and cereals in ascending order.Products contributing negatively the most are mushroom, edible oil and yogurt in descending order.The year-on-year growth rate for the Monthly Sales Index suffered a decrease from ▲-0.91% in February 2017 to ▲-1.60% in March 2017.A more thorough…

The year-on-year growth rate for the monthly T-index showed no change from ▲0.00% on February 2017 to +0.00% on March 2017.Products contributing positively the most are sparkling wine, cigarette or smoking-related products and cereals in ascending order.Products contributing negatively the most are mushroom, edible oil and yogurt in descending order.The year-on-year growth rate for the Monthly Sales Index suffered a decrease from ▲-0.91% in February 2017 to ▲-1.60% in March 2017.A more thorough…

Quick Report: Nikkei CPINow Data Released on April 7th, 2017