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Nobel Prize for economics awarded to Hall and Woodford for work on ‘smoothing’ crises

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US economists developed models that help central bankers and finance ministers to stabilise their economies Business live – latest updates Two US economists have won the 2026 Nobel economics prize for their work developing models that help central ba…

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  • US economists developed models that help central bankers and finance ministers to stabilise their economies Business live – latest updates Two US economists have won the 2026 Nobel economics prize for their work developing models that help central ba…
  • Reported by The Guardian and published Mon, 12 Oct 2026 14:20:53 UTC.

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