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The Prize in Economic Sciences 2026 is awarded to

Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford

This year’s Laureates in the Economic Sciences have developed new macroeconomic models that have significantly improved our ability to implement effective stabilisation policy. On the basis of these models, well-timed fiscal and monetary policy measures can reduce the economy’s peaks and troughs.

LIVE

Announcement of the Prize in Economic Sciences

Monday 12 October at 11:45 a.m. CEST.

The Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded to
Francis Halzen

Elusive particles from the universe captured at the South Pole
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded to
Henri B. Kagan Kenso Soai

They made chemistry choose a mirror image
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The Prize in Economic Sciences is awarded to
Robert E. Hall Michael Woodford

The Laureates have helped us smooth out the economy’s peaks and troughs
Press release