Determinants of inflation rate in Malaysia : The case of 1981 - 2016 / Nur Najah Solihah Khairul Anuar

Khairul Anuar, Nur Najah Solihah (2019) Determinants of inflation rate in Malaysia : The case of 1981 - 2016 / Nur Najah Solihah Khairul Anuar. [Student Project] (Unpublished)

Abstract

The aim of this study is the determinants of the inflation rate in Malaysia. This study used
internal determinants such as unemployment, interest rate, government spending, Foreign
Direct Investment (FDI) and economic growth. The data was collected from World Bank Data
with 35 observations which is from the year 1981 to 2016. Time Series analysis is conducted to
examine the determinants. The estimation result shows that FDI is significantly influences the
inflation rate while unemployment, interest rate, government speding and economic growth is
insignificant effect the inflation rate. For future studies, it is recommended to used different
system to run and regressed the data so that it will give different technique and result of the
data.

Metadata

Item Type:	Student Project
Creators:	Creators Email / ID Num. Khairul Anuar, Nur Najah Solihah 2015104145
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 > HG Finance > Money > Money and prices. Inflation. Deflation. Purchasing power H Social Sciences > HG Finance > Investment, capital formation, speculation > Foreign investments. Country risk
Divisions:	Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sabah > Kota Kinabalu Campus > Faculty of Business and Management
Programme:	Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons.) Economics
Keywords:	Unemployment; Interest rate; Government spending; Foreign Direct Investment (FDI); Economic growth
Date:	June 2019
URI:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/41945