⁠US economists Robert ⁠Hall, Michael Woodford win 2026 Nobel economics prize

AF Agence France-PresseSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-10-12 · 10:05 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min

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American-born economists Robert Hall and Michael Woodford have been awarded the 2026 Nobel economics prize. They are being honored for their research on how monetary and fiscal policies can stabilize economic fluctuations. Hall is affiliated with Stanford University, and Woodford is with Columbia University. The prize announcement was made in Stockholm, Sweden, recognizing their contributions to the "microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation." Their work has reportedly helped to smooth out economic fluctuations.

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The winners were honored “for microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation”.

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They were awarded for their work on how monetary and fiscal policy can help stabilise fluctuations in the economy.

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Robert Hall and Michael Woodford won the 2026 Nobel economics prize.

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American-born economists ⁠Robert ⁠Hall ⁠and Michael Woodford have won the 2026 Nobel economics prize for their work on how monetary and fiscal policy can help stabilise fluctuations in the economy. Hall is affiliated with Stanford University in California, and Woodford with Columbia University in New York. The announcement was made in Sweden’s capital Stockholm, with the winners honoured “for microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation”. “The laureates have helped us smooth out the...

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