Factors affecting Malaysia household debt / Nurul Azira Zainal Bidin

Zainal Bidin, Nurul Azira (2018) Factors affecting Malaysia household debt / Nurul Azira Zainal Bidin. [Student Project] (Unpublished)

Abstract

This study explores the factors that affect the household debt in Malaysia. This study is using quarterly data over the period January 2006 to December 2016 for the three independent variables which are Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Interest Rate (IR) and Unemployment Rate (UR). All data were collected from DataStream. This current study employs ordinary least square (OLS) in examining the factors affecting the household debt in Malaysia. The finding indicates that there is a positive significant relationship between gross domestic product and household debt. Meanwhile, it was discovered that there are negative significant relationship between interest rate and unemployment rate with household debt.

Metadata

Item Type:	Student Project
Creators:	Creators Email / ID Num. Zainal Bidin, Nurul Azira UNSPECIFIED
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions > Income. Income distribution. National income. Including gross national product, gross domestic product, and gross state product H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > Labor. Work. Working class > Housing H Social Sciences > HG Finance > Credit. Debt. Loans H Social Sciences > HG Finance > Credit. Debt. Loans > Malaysia
Divisions:	Universiti Teknologi MARA, Melaka > Bandaraya Melaka Campus > Faculty of Business and Management
Keywords:	Household debt; Malaysia; Factors
Date:	2018
URI:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/21219