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Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford, two US-based academics, win the Nobel Prize in Economics

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Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford won the economics prize for their work on the microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilization.

Nobel Prize in Economics goes to Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford for their microeconomic focus on stabilization policy

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Robert Hall and Michael Woodford win 2026 Nobel economics prize "for microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation"

Nobel prize in economics awarded to Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford

War in Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia ignored Trump's 'energy ceasefire' and kept up air strikes on Ukraine

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Saudi Arabia warns of 'serious' response to Houthi attacks - as moment of airport blast captured on CCTV

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EU foreign ministers decry 'concerning' Trump-Putin diesel deal and insist sanctions on Russia will continue

Zelenskyy says Ukraine is ready to agree to energy ceasefire, but warns Russia must do same

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