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Nobel prize for economics awarded to two Americans, Hall and Woodford, for work on New Keynesian models – business live

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What happened

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences has been awarded to Robert Hall and Michael Woodford for developing the “microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation” There’s some movement in the Nobel economics prize betting, with aroun…

Key facts

  • Reported by The Guardian and published Mon, 12 Oct 2026 11:28:08 UTC.

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“This year’s laureates in economic sciences, Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford, have developed new macroeconomic models that have significantly improved our ability to implement effective stabilisation policy.

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