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The economics Nobel went to the scholar whose work shaped Fed ‘forward guidance,’ a practice Kevin Warsh says has gone too far

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The economics Nobel went to the scholar whose work shaped Fed ‘forward guidance,’ a practice Kevin Warsh says has gone too farWorldPing
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What happened

Stanford’s Robert Hall and Columbia’s Michael Woodford reshaped how central banks respond to crises by studying consumer and business decisions.

Key facts

  • Reported by Fortune and published Mon, 12 Oct 2026 14:37:47 UTC.

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

  2. The economics Nobel went to the scholar whose work shaped Fed ‘forward guidance,’ a practice Kevin Warsh says has gone too far

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