Measuring Financial Stress Index for Malaysian Economy

The study measures financial stress index for Malaysian economy. We aggregate the identified financial and economic factors into a single index using the principal component analysis (CPA). The result shows that MFSI increases as a result of increase in banking sector fragility index, credit stress...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jauhari Dahalan, Hussin Bin Abdullah, Mohammed Umar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EconJournals 2016-07-01
Series:International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues
Online Access:http://mail.econjournals.com/index.php/ijefi/article/view/2582