Economics

Nobel economics prize awarded to Robert Hall and Michael ⁠Woodford

The Swedish academy says the academics' models are 'now used by central banks and ​governments around the world'.

Nobel Prize in Economics goes to pair of US economists

Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford got the Nobel for developing economic models that help governments and central banks respond more effectively to booms and recessions.

🔴 Americans Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford win Nobel Prize in Economics

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

The U.S. economists were awarded for work that underpins the models used by central banks and governments to stabilize the economy.

The War Is Changing the Economics of Saudi Tourism

The war is raising the cost of attracting the international travelers Saudi Arabia needs to meet its tourism ambitions.

'Hard to see Man City getting anything other than the book thrown at them', expert says

Manchester City enjoyed a meteoric rise from mid-table mediocrity to Premier League domination, but their golden era could be forever tarnished after they were found guilty of scores of financial rule breaches. FRANCE 24's Mark Owen speaks with James Reade, Professor of Economics at the University of Reading. He says that it's unlikely that the club will see any leniency from football authorities: "it's hard to see it getting anything other than the book thrown at them".

Macron convenes French party leaders as soaring energy prices put focus on wars in Iran and Ukraine

Haxie Meyers-Belkin is pleased to welcome Renaud Foucart, Senior Lecturer in Economics at Lancaster University’s Management School in the UK. According to Foucart, France’s energy and economic crises expose a deeper collision between economic constraints, political accountability and an approaching presidential election. He interprets Emmanuel Macron’s rare Élysée meeting with party leaders over soaring energy prices as both an exercise in presidential legacy-building and an attempt to force prospective successors to confront high energy costs, rising borrowing costs, limited fiscal room and t

Burnham's 'Manchesterism' got him to No 10 - but will it work for the UK?

Economics editor Faisal Islam examines whether the north-west city can be a template for the entire country.