US economists Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford have jointly won the Nobel Prize in Economics for research on the microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation.
The pair will share the 12 million Swedish kronor award, worth approximately $1.19 million. According to the prize committee, their work established a strong theoretical basis for economic models now used by central banks and governments worldwide.
Their work provides tools for analysing economic disruptions and informing stabilisation policies.
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BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2026 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford “for microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation.” #NobelPrize https://t.co/2i7ktB1Q2b
— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 12, 2026
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