Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Ellen Moons (C), Chair of the Prize Committee John Hassler (L) and Member of the Prize Committee and expert Timo Boppart announce US macroeconomists Robert E Hall and Michael Woodford as the winners of the 2026 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on 12 October, 2026.
Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Ellen Moons (C), Chair of the Prize Committee John Hassler (L) and Member of the Prize Committee and expert Timo Boppart announce US macroeconomists Robert E Hall and Michael Woodford as the winners of the 2026 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on 12 October, 2026.
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Americans Robert Hall and Michael Woodford win economic Nobel

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American economists Robert Hall and Michael Woodford were awarded the Nobel economics prize Monday for their work into how monetary and fiscal policy can help stabilise fluctuations in the economy.

The two were recognised "for microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation", the jury at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said.

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