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Authoritative, multi-country coverage with Now-Casting Economics databases

Nowcasting is a vital tool for professional investors and policymakers, offering real-time insight into macroeconomic trends before official data releases. It empowers better market timing, portfolio adjustment, and risk management. At Haver Analytics, we are committed to providing our clients with the best and most comprehensive nowcasting data available. That’s why we’re excited to introduce the new Now-Casting Economics databases: NCAST and NCASTW.

A Pioneer in Real-Time Economic Forecasting

Now-Casting Economics is the pioneer and industry leader in nowcasting. The company was established by economists who had developed the first nowcasting models. Today it runs a suite of nowcasting models on an automated platform, delivering continuously updated nowcasts of GDP, CPI, employment, and more for over 30 major economies — representing 85% of global GDP.

Academic Roots and Institutional Trust

Now-Casting’s models are peer-reviewed, rigorously backtested, and trusted by global central banks, macro hedge funds, and leading investment firms. It also maintains point-in-time histories for transparent backtesting and systematic strategy development. Many of the models it runs have been in continuous production since 2011.

In addition to estimates of publicly available macro variables such as GDP and CPI, Now-Casting also publishes proprietary index series for each country: a coincident economic activity index (the ‘NCI’) and a model-based surprise index (the ‘NSI’).

Use Cases Across the Investment Spectrum

Now-Casting’s databases are designed to help policymakers, strategists, and investment professionals optimize asset allocation, enhance systematic strategies, and stay ahead of economic inflection points through timely, reliable, and globally comprehensive macroeconomic insights.

Get in touch today

Now-Casting’s databases are designed to help policymakers, strategists, and investment professionals make informed decisions by providing timely, reliable, and detailed macroeconomic insights.

Unlock real-time economic insights today. Request a trial by contacting sales@haver.com

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