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Nobel Prize for economics awarded to Hall and Woodford for work on ‘smoothing’ crises
US economists developed models that help central bankers and finance ministers to stabilise their economies Business live – latest updates Two US economists have won the 2026 Nobel economics prize for their work developing models that help central bankers and finance ministers to stabilise their countries, avoiding long recessions and runaway inflation. Robert Hall of Stanford University, California, and Michael Woodford of Columbia University, New York, were recognised for developing the “microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation” , giving policymakers better tools to smooth out the peaks and troughs of their economies. Continue reading...
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US economists developed models that help central bankers and finance ministers to stabilise their economies Business live – latest updates Two US economists have won the 2026 Nobel economics prize for their work developing models that help central bankers and finance ministers to stabilise their countries, avoiding long recessions and runaway inflation. Robert Hall of Stanford University, California, and Michael Woodford of Columbia University, New York, were recognised for developing the “microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation” , giving policymakers better tools to smooth out the peaks and troughs of their economies. Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, Nobel Prize for economics awarded to Hall and Woodford for work on ‘smoothing’ crises, US economists developed models that help central bankers and finance ministers to stabilise their economies Business live – latest updates Two US economists have won the 2026 Nobel economics prize for their work developing models that help central bankers and finance ministers to stabilise their countries, avoiding long recessions and runaway inflation. Robert Hall of Stanford University, California, and Michael Woodford of Columbia University, New York, were recognised for developing the “microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation” , giving policymakers better tools to smooth out the peaks and troughs of their economies. Continue reading…
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