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Robert F. Engle

Robert F. Engle, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

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Born
November 10, 1942
Age in 2026
84
Zodiac sign
Scorpio
Birth year
1942

About Robert F. Engle

Robert Fry Engle III is an American economist and statistician. He won the 2003 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, sharing the award with Clive Granger, "for methods of analyzing economic time series with time-varying volatility (ARCH)". He was awarded a Doctor Honoris Causa by the Comillas Pontifical University in Spain in 2024. After completing his PhD, Engle became an economics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1969 to 1977.

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Robert F. Engle timeline

  1. After completing his PhD, Engle became an economics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1969 to 1977.
  2. He won the 2003 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, sharing the award with Clive Granger, "for methods of analyzing economic time series with time-varying volatility (ARCH)".
  3. He was awarded a Doctor Honoris Causa by the Comillas Pontifical University in Spain in 2024.

The world when Robert F. Engle was born

Robert F. Engle was born in 1942. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1942

  • #1 song"White Christmas" – Bing Crosby
  • Top movieCasablanca
  • Best-selling bookThe Song of Bernadette – Franz Werfel

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst Negro League World Series
  • Top headlineBattle of Midway becomes turning point of WWII in the Pacific
  • Technology milestoneEnrico Fermi achieves first nuclear chain reaction
  • Defining fadRationing and war bonds
  • Notable inventionNapalm
  • World population2.35 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
  • Sports championSt. Louis Cardinals (World Series)
  • U.S. population134.9M

1942 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Robert F. Engle's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19422026
Gas$0.20$3.45/gal
Average home$5,600$435,000
Average income$3,800$67,500
Minimum wage$0.30$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.27$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population134.9M341 million

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