The east Asian financial crisis: the effect of macroeconomic variables toward the economic growth in Malaysia / Siti Khadijah Karim

This study analyze on the relationship between the economic variables and the economic growth in Malaysia before and after the East Asian financial crisis. In this research study, the indicator for the economic growth is the real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and for the macroeconomic variables it consists of three variables, which are the current account, exports and the exchange rate (USD/ RM). The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between the GDP and the three macroeconomic variables before and after the East Asian financial crisis. This study will be conduct for 20 years from 1987 until 2006. which consists of two stages from 1987 until 1996 (before the financial crisis) and from 1997 to 2006 (after the financial crisis). This study will also imply the single and the multiple linear regression analysis models to identify whether there are significant relationships between GDP with current account, exports and exchange rate.