A study on the impact of foreign direct investment, exchange rate, inflation and unemployment towards economic development in Malaysia / Zhafirul Raqib Rahman and Nur Syahira Mohd Rashid

The purpose to conduct this study is to investigate the relationship between Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), exchange rate, inflation and unemployment toward economic development in Malaysia. It covers the period 1983 until 2014, a period of 30 years. Simply, those determinants are considered as in...

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Main Authors: Rahman, Zhafirul Raqib, Mohd Rashid, Nur Syahira
Format: Student Project
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Business and Management 2016
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/27055/
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description The purpose to conduct this study is to investigate the relationship between Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), exchange rate, inflation and unemployment toward economic development in Malaysia. It covers the period 1983 until 2014, a period of 30 years. Simply, those determinants are considered as indicators for economic development in Malaysia and it has been investigated quarterly. Foreign Direct Investment has a strong influence toward economic growth in Malaysia. This determinant plays a vital role in strengthen Malaysia’s economy until Malaysia became a leader in economic growth among Asian region especially in export sectors. Same goes to the exchange rate where it also influences the economic development in Malaysia. Exchange Rate (ER) indicates a price of one country in relation to other countries in the world which means that it will related to the economic development of the country. Besides that, Inflation is an increment in the price of goods and services which will affect consumer purchasing power. Additionally, resources of labor that inefficiently used will increase the rate of unemployment. Statistics of unemployment in economics scale is used to measure the condition and extent of joblessness within an economy.
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spelling uitm-270552020-04-13T05:17:57Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/27055/ A study on the impact of foreign direct investment, exchange rate, inflation and unemployment towards economic development in Malaysia / Zhafirul Raqib Rahman and Nur Syahira Mohd Rashid Rahman, Zhafirul Raqib Mohd Rashid, Nur Syahira Economics Income. Income distribution. National income. Including gross national product, gross domestic product, and gross state product Foreign exchange. Foreign exchange rates The purpose to conduct this study is to investigate the relationship between Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), exchange rate, inflation and unemployment toward economic development in Malaysia. It covers the period 1983 until 2014, a period of 30 years. Simply, those determinants are considered as indicators for economic development in Malaysia and it has been investigated quarterly. Foreign Direct Investment has a strong influence toward economic growth in Malaysia. This determinant plays a vital role in strengthen Malaysia’s economy until Malaysia became a leader in economic growth among Asian region especially in export sectors. Same goes to the exchange rate where it also influences the economic development in Malaysia. Exchange Rate (ER) indicates a price of one country in relation to other countries in the world which means that it will related to the economic development of the country. Besides that, Inflation is an increment in the price of goods and services which will affect consumer purchasing power. Additionally, resources of labor that inefficiently used will increase the rate of unemployment. Statistics of unemployment in economics scale is used to measure the condition and extent of joblessness within an economy. Faculty of Business and Management 2016 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/27055/1/PPb_ZHAFIRUL%20RAQIB%20RAHMAN%20BM%20M%2016_5.pdf Rahman, Zhafirul Raqib and Mohd Rashid, Nur Syahira (2016) A study on the impact of foreign direct investment, exchange rate, inflation and unemployment towards economic development in Malaysia / Zhafirul Raqib Rahman and Nur Syahira Mohd Rashid. (2016) [Student Project] <http://terminalib.uitm.edu.my/27055.pdf> (Unpublished)
spellingShingle Economics
Income. Income distribution. National income. Including gross national product, gross domestic product, and gross state product
Foreign exchange. Foreign exchange rates
Rahman, Zhafirul Raqib
Mohd Rashid, Nur Syahira
A study on the impact of foreign direct investment, exchange rate, inflation and unemployment towards economic development in Malaysia / Zhafirul Raqib Rahman and Nur Syahira Mohd Rashid
title A study on the impact of foreign direct investment, exchange rate, inflation and unemployment towards economic development in Malaysia / Zhafirul Raqib Rahman and Nur Syahira Mohd Rashid
title_full A study on the impact of foreign direct investment, exchange rate, inflation and unemployment towards economic development in Malaysia / Zhafirul Raqib Rahman and Nur Syahira Mohd Rashid
title_fullStr A study on the impact of foreign direct investment, exchange rate, inflation and unemployment towards economic development in Malaysia / Zhafirul Raqib Rahman and Nur Syahira Mohd Rashid
title_full_unstemmed A study on the impact of foreign direct investment, exchange rate, inflation and unemployment towards economic development in Malaysia / Zhafirul Raqib Rahman and Nur Syahira Mohd Rashid
title_short A study on the impact of foreign direct investment, exchange rate, inflation and unemployment towards economic development in Malaysia / Zhafirul Raqib Rahman and Nur Syahira Mohd Rashid
title_sort study on the impact of foreign direct investment, exchange rate, inflation and unemployment towards economic development in malaysia / zhafirul raqib rahman and nur syahira mohd rashid
topic Economics
Income. Income distribution. National income. Including gross national product, gross domestic product, and gross state product
Foreign exchange. Foreign exchange rates
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/27055/