Determinants of exchange rate in Malaysia / Fakhira Abdul Karim

This research attempts to investigate the relationship between the exchange rate and the independent variables, such as, inflation rate, interest rate, foreign direct investment, gross domestic product and money supply in Malaysia. Secondary data was sourced within the period of 1992 Q1 to 2018Q4. O...

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Main Author: Abdul Karim, Fakhira
Format: Student Project
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Business and Management 2019
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Online Access:http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/25737/
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spelling uitm-257372019-10-23T09:01:54Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/25737/ Determinants of exchange rate in Malaysia / Fakhira Abdul Karim Abdul Karim, Fakhira Foreign exchange. Foreign exchange rates Malaysia This research attempts to investigate the relationship between the exchange rate and the independent variables, such as, inflation rate, interest rate, foreign direct investment, gross domestic product and money supply in Malaysia. Secondary data was sourced within the period of 1992 Q1 to 2018Q4. On the other hand, the technique that implemented to estimate the model was Multiple Linear Regressions and Granger causality test. The result from Multiple Linear Regressions showed that the determinants factors of exchange rate through interest rate, gross domestic product and money supply is capable of influencing which has an direct relationship and statistically significant to the exchange rate. However, inflation rate and foreign direct investment did not have any relationship with exchange rate. The conclusions for the studies show that interest rate, gross domestic product and money supply become the factors that affecting the exchange rate in Malaysia. From Granger causality test shows that inflation and exchange does not have causality relationship meanwhile for inflation rate and exchange rates have causality to each other knows as bidirectional causality relationship. Faculty of Business and Management 2019 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/25737/1/PPb_FAKHIRA%20ABDUL%20KARIM%20BM%20M%2019_5.pdf Abdul Karim, Fakhira (2019) Determinants of exchange rate in Malaysia / Fakhira Abdul Karim. [Student Project] (Unpublished)
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topic Foreign exchange. Foreign exchange rates
Malaysia
spellingShingle Foreign exchange. Foreign exchange rates
Malaysia
Abdul Karim, Fakhira
Determinants of exchange rate in Malaysia / Fakhira Abdul Karim
description This research attempts to investigate the relationship between the exchange rate and the independent variables, such as, inflation rate, interest rate, foreign direct investment, gross domestic product and money supply in Malaysia. Secondary data was sourced within the period of 1992 Q1 to 2018Q4. On the other hand, the technique that implemented to estimate the model was Multiple Linear Regressions and Granger causality test. The result from Multiple Linear Regressions showed that the determinants factors of exchange rate through interest rate, gross domestic product and money supply is capable of influencing which has an direct relationship and statistically significant to the exchange rate. However, inflation rate and foreign direct investment did not have any relationship with exchange rate. The conclusions for the studies show that interest rate, gross domestic product and money supply become the factors that affecting the exchange rate in Malaysia. From Granger causality test shows that inflation and exchange does not have causality relationship meanwhile for inflation rate and exchange rates have causality to each other knows as bidirectional causality relationship.
format Student Project
author Abdul Karim, Fakhira
author_facet Abdul Karim, Fakhira
author_sort Abdul Karim, Fakhira
title Determinants of exchange rate in Malaysia / Fakhira Abdul Karim
title_short Determinants of exchange rate in Malaysia / Fakhira Abdul Karim
title_full Determinants of exchange rate in Malaysia / Fakhira Abdul Karim
title_fullStr Determinants of exchange rate in Malaysia / Fakhira Abdul Karim
title_full_unstemmed Determinants of exchange rate in Malaysia / Fakhira Abdul Karim
title_sort determinants of exchange rate in malaysia / fakhira abdul karim
publisher Faculty of Business and Management
publishDate 2019
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/25737/
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/25737/1/PPb_FAKHIRA%20ABDUL%20KARIM%20BM%20M%2019_5.pdf
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