US economists Hall and Woodford win 2026 Nobel economics prize

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Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford awarded for microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation policy.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences to Americans Robert E. Hall of Stanford University and Michael Woodford of Columbia University for developing new macroeconomic models based on microeconomic foundations that help governments and central banks respond to booms and recessions. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

The models enable timely fiscal and monetary policy to smooth economic fluctuations and better handle shocks such as energy crises or sudden changes in household consumption, according to committee chair John Hassler. [1] [4] [5] [6]

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