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Nobel Prize for economics awarded to Hall and Woodford for work on ‘smoothing’ crises

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US economists developed models that help central bankers and finance ministers to stabilise their economies Business live – latest updates Two US economists have won the 2026 Nobel economics prize for their work developing models that help central bankers and finance ministers to stabilise their countries, avoiding long recessions and runaway inflation. Robert Hall of Stanford University, California, and Michael Woodford of Columbia University, New York, were recognised for developing the “microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation” , giving policymakers better tools to smooth out the peaks and troughs of their economies. Continue reading...

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Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

TickerT-5T-3T-1T0T+1T+2T+3
TLT———————
IEF-0.55%-0.31%—+0.04%+0.16%+0.34%+1.06%
SHY———————
SPY———————
JPM-0.20%-1.04%—+0.47%-0.44%+0.70%+0.77%
BAC-0.48%-1.44%—+0.48%-0.66%-5.34%-4.84%
GS-0.18%-0.88%—-0.12%-0.37%-1.86%-0.47%
XLF———————
KRE+1.97%-0.17%—+0.66%+0.01%-0.65%+0.94%
PPA———————

US economists developed models that help central bankers and finance ministers to stabilise their economies Business live – latest updates Two US economists have won the 2026 Nobel economics prize for their work developing models that help…

Source: The Guardian

Invesco Aerospace & Defense Etf (PPA) since this story, compared with the market

Since the first closing price after “Nobel Prize for economics awarded to Hall and Woodford for work on ‘smoothing’ crises,” Invesco Aerospace & Defense Etf (PPA) is +1.89%. The S&P 500 fund (SPY) is -1.47% over the same days, a +3.36% difference versus the market.

CompanyWhenMoveStatus
BACthat day+0.48%final price
BACthe next day-0.66%final price
BACtwo days later-5.34%final price
BACthree days later-4.84%final price
BACthree days earlier-1.44%final price
BACfive days earlier-0.48%final price
GSthat day-0.12%final price
GSthe next day-0.37%final price
GStwo days later-1.86%final price
GSthree days later-0.47%final price
GSthree days earlier-0.88%final price
GSfive days earlier-0.18%final price
IEFthat day+0.04%final price
IEFthe next day+0.16%final price
IEFtwo days later+0.34%final price
IEFthree days later+1.06%final price
IEFthree days earlier-0.31%final price
IEFfive days earlier-0.55%final price
JPMthat day+0.47%final price
JPMthe next day-0.44%final price
JPMtwo days later+0.70%final price
JPMthree days later+0.77%final price
JPMthree days earlier-1.04%final price
JPMfive days earlier-0.20%final price
KREthat day+0.66%final price
KREthe next day+0.01%final price
KREtwo days later-0.65%final price
KREthree days later+0.94%final price
KREthree days earlier-0.17%final price
KREfive days earlier+1.97%final price
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Who gains and who loses around Invesco Aerospace & Defense Etf (PPA)

Companies carried with this story

  • PPA Invesco Aerospace & Defense Etf

    For “Nobel Prize for economics awarded to Hall and Woodford for work on ‘smoothing’ crises,” Invesco Aerospace & Defense Etf (PPA) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected PPA as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: defense. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • WAR U.S. Global Technology And Aerospace & Defense Etf

    For “Nobel Prize for economics awarded to Hall and Woodford for work on ‘smoothing’ crises,” U.S. Global Technology And Aerospace & Defense Etf (WAR) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected WAR as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: defense. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

Invesco Aerospace & Defense Etf (PPA)

“Nobel Prize for economics awarded to Hall and Woodford for work on ‘smoothing’ crises” (12 Oct 2026) reaches Invesco Aerospace & Defense Etf (PPA) through this story.

Invesco Aerospace & Defense Etf (PPA) is on the page because GA selected PPA as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: defense. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

U.S. Global Technology And Aerospace & Defense Etf (WAR) is here too. Its reason reads: GA selected WAR as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: defense. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

Dates and price levels for Invesco Aerospace & Defense Etf (PPA)

PPA traded between 151.56 and 162.12 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 156.07. WAR traded between 27.98 and 32.67 across 18 sessions. The latest close on file is 28.45.

A simple score for Invesco Aerospace & Defense Etf (PPA)

21 out of 100

“Nobel Prize for economics awarded to Hall and Woodford for work on ‘smoothing’ crises” scores 21 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 2 linked companies.