Focused Thinking
Central Banks
Our weekly updated overview highlights the key releases of global economic market data from around the globe and provides an economic outlook for 2025 by region.
3 min read | December 2025
Japan in focus
How to raise 150 trillion yen in investments to help Japan achieve a green transition and maintain economic growth.
3 min read | November 2025
Technology
Alex Wotton, Global Co-Head of Nomura Greentech, sat down with Takaki Kobayashi, Head of Nomura Greentech Japan at Nomura’s Transition Investments to Achieve Carbon Neutrality event in Tokyo to discuss the latest green M&A trends.
2 min read | November 2025
Economics
Beyond the near term, the US aims to build new critical mineral supply chains, bring more economies under its economic sphere of influence, and drive Asian reforms through stealth.
3 min read | November 2025
Technology
Investors are optimistic about the global megatrends of AI and electrification despite inflationary headwinds and multi-speed transitions on the path to a low carbon future
6 min read | October 2025
Technology
Sectors in the green transition are more interconnected than ever, making it essential to understand their interplay to successfully navigate the thematic.
5 min read | October 2025
Japan in focus
How the woman chosen to lead Japan’s incumbent political party could affect markets and the economy.
3 min read | October 2025
Technology
The integrity of global financial markets in an AI-enabled future depends on coordinated implementation across the interconnected network of market participants, service providers, and oversight bodies
8 min read | September 2025
Volatility
Tariff-related volatility is changing block trading patterns, making understanding the nuances of dark liquidity more critical to navigate stock trading in Europe.
3 min read | September 2025
Economics
As the standoff between the two countries continues, we analyze likely scenarios, macro spillovers, and India's countercyclical and strategic response
2 min read | September 2025
Economics
Weak US nonfarm payrolls and a not too-hot CPI report have led Nomura economists to bring forward the timing of the next Fed rate cut to September from December
4 min read | August 2025
Economics
The Trump administration re-escalated trade tensions in recent weeks
2 min read | August 2025
Japan in focus
Japan’s 100-year-old companies demonstrate strength through continuous transformation.
3 min read | July 2025
Economics
As we expect private consumption to remain subdued in the coming quarters, Nomura economists forecast 2025 GDP growth to come in at the lower end of the central bank’s forecast range
3 min read | July 2025