Determinants of exchange rate in Malaysia / Nursuziana Fazira Abdul Wahab

This research attempts to investigate the relationship between the exchange rate and the independent variables, such as, inflation rate, interest rate, money supply, palm oil prices and trade in Malaysia. Secondary data was sourced within the period of January 2018 to December 2018. On the other han...

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Main Author: Abdul Wahab, Nursuziana Fazira
Format: Student Project
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Business and Management 2020
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28554/1/PPb_NURSUZIANA%20FAZIRA%20ABDUL%20WAHAB%20BM%20M%2020_5.pdf
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description This research attempts to investigate the relationship between the exchange rate and the independent variables, such as, inflation rate, interest rate, money supply, palm oil prices and trade in Malaysia. Secondary data was sourced within the period of January 2018 to December 2018. 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, palm oil price and trade is capable of influencing which has an direct relationship and statistically significant to the exchange rate. However, inflation rate and money supply did not have any relationship with exchange rate. The conclusions for the studies show that interest rate, palm oil price and trade become the factors that affecting the exchange rate in Malaysia. From Granger causality test shows that inflation and exchange does not have causality relationship.
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spelling uitm.eprints-85542020-03-09T03:05:57Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28554/ Determinants of exchange rate in Malaysia / Nursuziana Fazira Abdul Wahab Abdul Wahab, Nursuziana Fazira International finance 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, money supply, palm oil prices and trade in Malaysia. Secondary data was sourced within the period of January 2018 to December 2018. 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, palm oil price and trade is capable of influencing which has an direct relationship and statistically significant to the exchange rate. However, inflation rate and money supply did not have any relationship with exchange rate. The conclusions for the studies show that interest rate, palm oil price and trade become the factors that affecting the exchange rate in Malaysia. From Granger causality test shows that inflation and exchange does not have causality relationship. Faculty of Business and Management 2020 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28554/1/PPb_NURSUZIANA%20FAZIRA%20ABDUL%20WAHAB%20BM%20M%2020_5.pdf Determinants of exchange rate in Malaysia / Nursuziana Fazira Abdul Wahab. (2020) [Student Project] <http://terminalib.uitm.edu.my/28554.pdf> (Unpublished)
spellingShingle International finance
Foreign exchange. Foreign exchange rates
Malaysia
Abdul Wahab, Nursuziana Fazira
Determinants of exchange rate in Malaysia / Nursuziana Fazira Abdul Wahab
title Determinants of exchange rate in Malaysia / Nursuziana Fazira Abdul Wahab
title_full Determinants of exchange rate in Malaysia / Nursuziana Fazira Abdul Wahab
title_fullStr Determinants of exchange rate in Malaysia / Nursuziana Fazira Abdul Wahab
title_full_unstemmed Determinants of exchange rate in Malaysia / Nursuziana Fazira Abdul Wahab
title_short Determinants of exchange rate in Malaysia / Nursuziana Fazira Abdul Wahab
title_sort determinants of exchange rate in malaysia nursuziana fazira abdul wahab
topic International finance
Foreign exchange. Foreign exchange rates
Malaysia
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28554/1/PPb_NURSUZIANA%20FAZIRA%20ABDUL%20WAHAB%20BM%20M%2020_5.pdf
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