An analysis on the significant relationship between stock price performance and economic variables after the economic recovery in Malaysia (1999 -2002) / Banta Chaong

For generations researchers have been trying to identify factors that affects the performance of the stock market. Different countries with different economic environment, different political situation, different social, belief and religions and different geographical condition will have different factors that affects their stock market performance. This study attempts to identify the economic factors that might affects the stock price(market) performance in Malaysia. The study was based on a four years period (1999 to 2002), after the Malaysian economy has recovered from the severe deflationary impact of the regional crisis. In the study, three economic variables have been identified; interest rate, inflation rate, and gross domestic products. The study includes an analysis on the relationship between the stock price performance as a dependent variable and the three economic variables as independent variables. From the study it was found that the three economic variables did have certain level of relationship and impacts on the stock price performance even though the degree of relationship varied throughout the four years period. Through the analysis that has been carried out, GDP has the most significant relationship with stock price performance.