The 2026 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, usually called the Nobel Prize in Economics, will be announced on Monday, October 12, 2026, at 11:45 a.m. CEST (5:45 a.m. ET) at the earliest. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announces it at a live-streamed press conference in Stockholm.
The prize has been awarded 57 times to 99 laureates between 1969 and 2025. The 2025 prize went to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt for explaining innovation-driven economic growth.