Congratulations to Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford on being awarded the 2026 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel “for microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation.”

Congratulations to Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford on being awarded the 2026 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel “for microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation.”
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A £35bn "challenge" is a rule the Treasury wrote itself. Not a law of nature.
Westminster issues the pound. The real limits are workers, energy and capacity, not a spreadsheet.
Funny how the rules bind hardest on hospitals.
Investors are increasing bond yields for wealthy nations due to concerns over high debt levels, persistent inflation, and the impact of populist political strategies. #economics #News
Heat pumps raided to pay for defence. Spot the problem?
The claim is that defence must be funded from another budget. Wrong. The government issues the pound. The real limit is engineers, installers and steel. Cutting heat pump subsidies frees none of them.
The real work of fiction: that the chancellor must "find" £35bn before spending it. The UK government issues the pound. The limit is real resources, not a hole in a spreadsheet. Deep cuts would be a choice, not arithmetic.
Sweden’s central bank to announce economics prize winner at 12:30 #economics #NobelPrize #sweden
Painting once sold for $2.1 million, then auctioned for just $190,000
Farmers ask how they finance the crop. Wrong problem. Seed, diesel and labour are real. Money isn't scarce for Westminster, which issues the pound. It can underwrite growers. It chooses not to, then calls the result the market.
“It’s not that any of these things are bad or wrong. It’s that knowing what to do tells you nothing about what happens in your head when you try to do it.”
The publican of the Victorian farming town currently known for its sheep and silo art wants to add EV fast chargers to that list. #road #transport #industry #travel #tourism #business #economics #finance #urban #development #planning
Experts say the matter could test the validity of Adidas's trademark in Australia. #copyright #infringement #fashion #business #economics #finance #retail #industry #courts
World economy: expansion regime, 2026 growth seen at 3,23%. Past forecasts stay public and checkable. #economics #macro
Cyclical pulse +0.16
World trade 2026: 5,61%
Track record: 570 forecasts awaiting outcomes.
“It's always best to feel fulfilled first, before finding a man. Then you'll know the value of yourself, and you'll hold the key to your own happiness. So you won't turn into a vulnerable, needy, emotional mess the minute you fall in love.”
Does a spike in commodity prices raise consumer inflation?
Ibrahim & Nghiem find a "rockets and feathers" pattern in Indonesia: increases pass through, but decreases have weak effects.
#AusEconPapers #Economics #Inflation #Indonesia #MonetaryPolicy #CommodityPrices
Li, Guan & Li (Qingdao University) find that fintech is linked to a stronger spread of volatility between sectors of China’s stock market in the short run, but a weaker spread over the long run.
How Did the Medieval Economy Really Work? Chris Wickham Explains www.medievalists.net/2026/10/how-... #medieval #economics