Nobel prize money isn’t what it used to be

The decades-long downward trend in the Swedish krona means that a Nobel prize in US dollar terms is worth less than half what it was in the early 1990s. With the krona set to fall further by year-end, and unlikely to rise much over the medium term, laureates would be wise to convert their prizes into other currencies as soon as possible.

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