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Nobel economics prize awarded to Robert Hall and Michael ⁠Woodford

Written and edited by the WorldPing NewsdeskPublished Updated Original reporting: Al Jazeera

What happened

The Swedish academy says the academics' models are 'now used by central banks and ​governments around the world'.

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  • Reported by Al Jazeera and published Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:35:08 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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