A study on macroeconomic factors that affect household debt in Malaysia / Norfatiha Zulkifli

Zulkifli, Norfatiha (2018) A study on macroeconomic factors that affect household debt in Malaysia / Norfatiha Zulkifli. [Student Project] (Unpublished)

Abstract

The rise of household debt in Malaysia has caused consternation since it has almost reached 88.4% of total GDP at the end of 2016. The level of household debt is deemed to be at worrying stage as it may trigger another financial crisis. The purpose of this study is to examine the macroeconomics factors influencing household debt in Malaysia via time series data. This study employs the Ordinary Least Square (OLS) method and the macroeconomic variables used consist of gross domestic product (GDP), interest rate and house price. The data for all variables are taken from the period of quarter one 2008 to quarter four 2017 via Data Stream. The results display that the gross domestic product (GDP) and house price show a positive significant relationship to household debt in Malaysia. Meanwhile, interest rate is found to have negative significant relationship on the rise of household debt.

Metadata

Item Type:	Student Project
Creators:	Creators Email / ID Num. Zulkifli, Norfatiha UNSPECIFIED
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory. Demography > Macroeconomics 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 > Malaysia H Social Sciences > HG Finance > Credit. Debt. Loans > Commercial credit. Commercial loans. Credit management
Divisions:	Universiti Teknologi MARA, Melaka > Bandaraya Melaka Campus > Faculty of Business and Management
Keywords:	Macroeconomic factors; Household debt; Gross domestic product (GDP); Interest rate; House price
Date:	2018
URI:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/21602