The determinants of economic growth in Malaysia

Sharif, Nor Nadirah (2020) The determinants of economic growth in Malaysia. [Student Project]

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between independent variables such as foreign direct investment, inflation rate, exchange rate, interest rate and unemployment rate towards economic growth in Malaysia. The annual time series data were obtained from World Development Indicator and covers the period between 1982 until 2017. In the process of findings, there are few types of analysis were tested using the E-Views 9 such as Multiple Linear Regression, normality test, unit root test and more. Based in the result, it reveals that three independent variable that are significant to economic growth which are foreign direct investment, inflation rate and interest rate. Meanwhile, another two independents which are exchange rate and unemployment rate have no significant impact towards the economic growth in Malaysia.

Metadata

Item Type:	Student Project
Creators:	Creators Email / ID Num. Sharif, Nor Nadirah 2017690058
Contributors:	Contribution Name Email / ID Num. Advisor Awang, Amizatul Hawariah UNSPECIFIED
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory. Demography > Macroeconomics H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory. Demography > Business cycles. Economic fluctuations. Economic indicators H Social Sciences > HG Finance > Investment, capital formation, speculation > Foreign investments. Country risk
Divisions:	Universiti Teknologi MARA, Melaka > Bandaraya Melaka Campus > Faculty of Business and Management
Programme:	Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons.) Finance (BA242)
Keywords:	Economic growth, Foreign direct investment, Inflation rate, Exchange rate, Inflation rate, Unemployment rate, Regression model
Date:	2020
URI:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/96438