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2026 Nobel Economics Prize Awarded
The 2026 Nobel economics prize went to Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford for microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation.
Key points
- The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded 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."
- The economics prize has now been awarded 58 times, to 101 laureates, Robert Hall and Michael Woodford among them.
- Only 3 laureates have ever been women: Ostrom, Duflo and Goldin.
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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.”
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Reaction on X: Replies mostly added background: users summarised Hall's work on consumption, household behaviour and unemployment, and Woodford's work on expectations, monetary policy and forward guidance, and noted that only 3 of the prize's 101 laureates have been women. No reply questioned the award.
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