Nobel Prize for economics awarded to Hall and Woodford for work on ‘smoothing’ crises
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US academics Robert Hall and Michael Woodford have been awarded the 2026 Nobel economics prize for their decades of work developing ground-up models designed to help central bankers and finance ministers stabilise their economies.
The prize recognizes their contributions to 'smoothing' crises. Their economic models are currently utilised by central banks and finance ministries across the world to navigate financial instability and economic downturns.
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