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Nobel Economics Prize 2026 Awarded for Smoothing Economic Cycles
Original: The Prize in Economic Sciences 2026: The Laureates have helped us smooth out the economy’s peaks and troughs
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has announced the 2026 Prize in Economic Sciences, honouring laureates whose research helps explain and moderate the economy's peaks and troughs, meaning business-cycle fluctuations. The academy says the winners' work has deepened understanding of how economies expand and contract and how policy can stabilise them. The announcement is drawing attention as markets and policymakers weigh ongoing economic volatility.
Why now: The annual Nobel economics prize announcement is a major global news event, and this year's theme of economic stabilisation resonates amid current volatility.
Royal Swedish Academy of SciencesNobel Prize in Economic Sciences
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- The Prize in Economic Sciences 2026: The Laureates have helped us smooth out the economy’s peaks and troughs · Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien
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