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Americans Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford win Nobel Prize in Economics

US economists Robert E. Hall and Michel Woodford
US economists Robert E. Hall and Michel Woodford. © Nobel Prize Outreach

The 2026 Nobel economics prize has been awarded to US economists ⁠Robert Hall ​and Michael Woodford, the Royal Swedish Academy of ‌Sciences said on Monday.

⁠US academics ​Robert Hall and Michael Woodford won the 2026 Nobel economics prize on Monday for decades of work developing ground-up models currently used by central banks and finance ministries across the world to stabilise economies.

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