Pre and post pegging effect towards economic variables: the case of Malaysia and China / Suhaily Abdul Hamid

In this project paper, it studies on the effect of pre and post pegging period towards economic variables for the case of Malaysia and China. The objective of this study is to determine the pre and post pegging effect towards economic variables in Malaysia and China. The economic variables that will be used are including gross domestic product (GDP), interest rate and inflation rate.

In this study, the methodology that will be used is Independent t-Test as the need to compare the mean between pre pegged and post pegged period. The findings show that, there is a significant difference of Malaysia's GDP, China's GDP and China's interest rate at pre and post pegged period. In addition, the result from Independent t-Test shows that there is no significant difference for Malaysia's interest rate, Malaysia's inflation rate and also China' inflation rate at pre and post pegged duration.

During post pegging periods, there is positive sign in the condition for gross domestic product (GDP) for both countries which is Malaysia and China. During However the performance of inflation rate shown an indifferent changes for Malaysia and China.