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Robert Hall and Michael Woodford Win Nobel Economics Prize
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American economists Robert E. Hall of Stanford University and Michael Woodford of Columbia University have won the 2026 Nobel memorial prize in economics. They were honoured for building economic models from the choices of households and businesses, helping governments and central banks time interest rate and spending decisions to soften booms and recessions. The pair will share the prize money of 12 million Swedish kronor.
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