2026 economics Nobel: Americans Robert Hall and Michael Woodford honoured for the tools of economic stabilisation

Argentina

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Press repeating the Academy's citation · 9 of 14 countries

Buenos Aires takes from the economics Nobel the central banks' toolbox: models for cushioning supply shocks, inflation and cycles, presented in an educational way.

Australia

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Press repeating the Academy's citation · 9 of 14 countries

Canberra takes from the 2026 economics Nobel a toolbox for central banks: the Australian press mainly relays the committee's wording on energy shocks and changes in household consumption.

Canada

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Press linking the prize to the current energy shock and inflation · 3 of 14 countries

Ottawa frames this Nobel as the vindication of central bankers' practical tools, at a time when the energy shock tied to the Iran war is weighing on prices again.

Colombia

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Press repeating the Academy's citation · 9 of 14 countries

Bogotá takes from the 2026 Nobel in economics a toolbox for central banks: the Hall and Woodford models are presented as what makes energy crises and inflation less lasting.

Spain

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Press repeating the Academy's citation · 9 of 14 countries

Madrid reads this Nobel as the rehabilitation of anti-crisis tools: the microeconomics of Hall and Woodford is said to have given central banks and governments back the means to smooth economic cycles.

United States

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Press linking the prize to the current energy shock and inflation · 3 of 14 countries

Washington hails an American economics Nobel and files it under the central-bank angle: what Hall and Woodford's models change for interest rates, inflation and energy shocks.

France

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Press linking the prize to the current energy shock and inflation · 3 of 14 countries

Paris reads this Nobel as the consecration of crisis-management tools: the French press mainly dwells on what Hall's and Woodford's models change for central banks facing inflation and energy shocks.

Italy

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Press repeating the Academy's citation · 9 of 14 countries

Rome takes from the Hall-Woodford Nobel a manual for facing shocks: central bank models built on the behavior of households and firms.

Nepal

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Press relaying wire dispatches · 2 of 14 countries

Kathmandu takes from the economics Nobel the toolkit of central banks: models with microeconomic foundations, presented as a response to energy shocks and crises, relayed mainly through wire dispatches.

Pakistan

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Press relaying wire dispatches · 2 of 14 countries

Islamabad treats this economics Nobel as the validation of concrete monetary and fiscal policy tools, useful in the face of energy shocks and inflation crises.

Peru

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Press repeating the Academy's citation · 9 of 14 countries

Lima takes from the 2026 economics Nobel a toolbox against crises: the Peruvian economic press sees models now used by central banks in the face of the pandemic and the energy shock.

Sweden

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Press repeating the Academy's citation · 9 of 14 countries

Stockholm presents the economics Nobel as a proven tool: the models of Hall and Woodford, it is said, made it possible to get through the pandemic and the energy crises without a relapse into the 1970s.

Uruguay

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Press repeating the Academy's citation · 9 of 14 countries

Montevideo takes from the 2026 Economics Nobel the toolbox: microeconomic models that help governments and central banks absorb energy shocks and sudden swings in consumption.

Venezuela

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Press repeating the Academy's citation · 9 of 14 countries

Caracas takes from the Hall-Woodford Nobel mainly the monetary and fiscal toolbox: models that help central banks and ministries cushion recessions, the pandemic and energy shocks.