Robert Hall and Michael Woodford won the 2026 Nobel economics prize for microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation. The link to central-bank rate signaling comes from Seoul Economic Daily's account of Woodford's work.
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Michael Woodford, 71, a joint Nobel economics winner, named forward guidance first as his research in use, a practice Fed Chair Kevin Warsh scrapped. The Fed is now scaling back advance signaling on its rate path, en.sedaily.com reported, so markets have less to read.
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Odds of a quarter-point September hike jumped to 57% from 40% after the new Fed chairman called the labor market strong, which means a consensus 55,000 payroll gain now argues for tighter money rather than easier policy.
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The first year-ahead forecast in Nvidia's history implies about $673 billion in fiscal 2028, roughly $103 billion above consensus, and hands every capacity planner a figure to hold it to.
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The Fed's quarter-point hike arrived with a projections table carrying eighteen members' views of where rates finish the year and none from Kevin Warsh, who rejects forward guidance and says the next decision follows the data.
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Forward guidance ended for the first time in 15 years. The increase that followed it arrived with no stated path. The Bank of Korea now has to decide whether to follow a chair who is keeping the path to himself.
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American Banker's count of more than 8,000 FOMC speeches shows the growth since 1979 came almost entirely from officials other than the chair. This week's expected quarter-point move is the first test of the new approach.
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He left his dot off the June projections and publishes rate briefs that barely differ, on the argument that transparency about future policy is no virtue in itself. Rate-sensitive plans now rest on the planner's own forecast.
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