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  "title": "Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford Awarded Nobel for Economics",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/robert-e-hall-and-michael-woodford-awarded-nobel-for-economics",
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  "published": "2026-10-12T10:05:02.000Z",
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  "summary": "Americans Robert Hall and Michael Woodford have been awarded the 2026 Nobel economics prize for their work on the microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation, according to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The award, formally known as the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, is worth 12 million Swedish crowns ($1.2 million).\n\nThe committee stated that Hall and Woodford received the prize for insights that helped policymakers become better equipped to deal with shocks in the economy, according to The New York Times. The announcement was made on Monday and serves as the final prize awarded this year.",
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        "outlet": "Dawn Business",
        "title": "Americans Hall and Woodford win economics Nobel for stabilisation models",
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