The Nobel Prize in Economics for 2026 was awarded to two American researchers. This year's Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to two American researchers named Robert Hall and Michael Woodford. These two economists were honored for their research on "The Microeconomic Foundations of Macroeconomic Stabilization." The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the names of the winners of the Nobel Prize in Economics on Monday, October 12 in Stockholm. Announcing the names of the winners, Ellen Munns, Secretary General of the Academy, said that based on the models presented by these two researchers, coordinated actions in the field of financial and monetary policy can reduce severe economic fluctuations, both in periods of prosperity and in periods of recession. The winners of the Nobel Prize in Economics are traditionally announced after the announcement of the winners of other Nobel Prizes. in October. The Nobel Prize in Economics is the only prize, which, unlike other Nobel Prizes, is not rooted in the will of Alfred Nobel, the Swedish scientist and inventor of dynamite, who died in 1896. The Economics Prize was first awarded in 1969. For this reason, the Nobel Foundation does not officially call it the "Nobel Prize", but its official title is the "Swedish Central Bank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel". This prize, like other Nobel prizes, will be awarded on December 10, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death, in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden.