The relationships between managed floating exchange rate with Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) and Second Board Index / Zuraida Abd Hamid

This project paper is conducted in order to answer the question whether the managed floating exchange rate has relationship with Kuala Lumpur Composite Index and Second Board Index. The study focuses on economic growth that has been recorded after the Malaysian Government depegs the ringgit and move...

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Main Author: Abd Hamid, Zuraida
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2007
Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/72545/1/72545.pdf
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spelling my-uitm-ir.725452024-05-29T09:21:34Z The relationships between managed floating exchange rate with Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) and Second Board Index / Zuraida Abd Hamid 2007 Abd Hamid, Zuraida This project paper is conducted in order to answer the question whether the managed floating exchange rate has relationship with Kuala Lumpur Composite Index and Second Board Index. The study focuses on economic growth that has been recorded after the Malaysian Government depegs the ringgit and moved to a managed float system which is from July 2005 to December 2006. The data has been collected on daily basis for 379 days from Bursa Malaysia. Here, exchange rate (RM per US Dollar) is considered as dependent variable and Kuala Lumpur Composite Index and Second Board Index (closing price) are considered as independent variables. As a main interest of this study is to determine significance relationship between exchange rate with Kuala Lumpur Composite Index and Second Board Index, the multiple regression analysis is used. Based on the analysis that has been done, it is clearly shows that the exchange rate has significant relationship with Kuala Lumpur Composite Index and Second Board Index. As a result, Kuala Lumpur Composite Index and Second Board Index have a negative relationship with exchange rate. Upon completing this study, several recommendations are given based on the findings and analysis of the study in order to make the study more understandable and more significant. 2007 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/72545/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/72545/1/72545.pdf text en public degree Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Faculty of Business and Management Wan Hassan, Wan Hasni
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description This project paper is conducted in order to answer the question whether the managed floating exchange rate has relationship with Kuala Lumpur Composite Index and Second Board Index. The study focuses on economic growth that has been recorded after the Malaysian Government depegs the ringgit and moved to a managed float system which is from July 2005 to December 2006. The data has been collected on daily basis for 379 days from Bursa Malaysia. Here, exchange rate (RM per US Dollar) is considered as dependent variable and Kuala Lumpur Composite Index and Second Board Index (closing price) are considered as independent variables. As a main interest of this study is to determine significance relationship between exchange rate with Kuala Lumpur Composite Index and Second Board Index, the multiple regression analysis is used. Based on the analysis that has been done, it is clearly shows that the exchange rate has significant relationship with Kuala Lumpur Composite Index and Second Board Index. As a result, Kuala Lumpur Composite Index and Second Board Index have a negative relationship with exchange rate. Upon completing this study, several recommendations are given based on the findings and analysis of the study in order to make the study more understandable and more significant.
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The relationships between managed floating exchange rate with Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) and Second Board Index / Zuraida Abd Hamid
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title The relationships between managed floating exchange rate with Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) and Second Board Index / Zuraida Abd Hamid
title_short The relationships between managed floating exchange rate with Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) and Second Board Index / Zuraida Abd Hamid
title_full The relationships between managed floating exchange rate with Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) and Second Board Index / Zuraida Abd Hamid
title_fullStr The relationships between managed floating exchange rate with Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) and Second Board Index / Zuraida Abd Hamid
title_full_unstemmed The relationships between managed floating exchange rate with Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) and Second Board Index / Zuraida Abd Hamid
title_sort relationships between managed floating exchange rate with kuala lumpur composite index (klci) and second board index / zuraida abd hamid
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publishDate 2007
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/72545/1/72545.pdf
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