Nobel Prize goes to two economists who transformed crisis management
Robert E Hall and Michael Woodford helped central banks respond to 2008 financial turmoil
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Central bank
The public institution that manages a country's currency, money supply and benchmark interest rate, such as the Federal Reserve or the Reserve Bank of India.
Its decisions on rates and money supply move loan costs, currencies and markets for everyone in the economy.
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