Determinants of the foreign exchange rate in Malaysia / Nik Erma Suhana Tuan Mohd Ariffin

The foreign exchange rate is important to every country in the world in order to strengthen their economic health. Thus, the objective of this study is to determine the factor that affects foreign exchange rate in Malaysia from the year 1977 to 2017. The independent variables used include the export...

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Main Author: Tuan Mohd Ariffin, Nik Erma Suhana
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Published: 2019
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spelling my-uitm-ir.923482024-03-15T07:35:08Z Determinants of the foreign exchange rate in Malaysia / Nik Erma Suhana Tuan Mohd Ariffin 2019 Tuan Mohd Ariffin, Nik Erma Suhana Foreign exchange. Foreign exchange rates The foreign exchange rate is important to every country in the world in order to strengthen their economic health. Thus, the objective of this study is to determine the factor that affects foreign exchange rate in Malaysia from the year 1977 to 2017. The independent variables used include the export of goods and services, import of goods and services and gross domestic product. Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) method was used to analyze the data collected from World Bank, Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and Thomson Reuters Eikon in order to understand the determinants of the foreign exchange rate in Malaysia. The results revealed that import of goods and services has negative and significant relationship foreign exchange rate in Malaysia. Besides, gross domestic product and export of goods and services have a positive significant relationship with the foreign exchange rate in Malaysia. The finding of this paper will help to give a clear relationship to the further researcher to access the information about the factor affecting the foreign exchange rate in Malaysia 2019 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/92348/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/92348/1/92348.pdf text en public degree Universiti Teknologi MARA, Terengganu Faculty Of Business Management Mohamad Azmin, Nur Hazwani
institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
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language English
advisor Mohamad Azmin, Nur Hazwani
topic Foreign exchange
Foreign exchange rates
spellingShingle Foreign exchange
Foreign exchange rates
Tuan Mohd Ariffin, Nik Erma Suhana
Determinants of the foreign exchange rate in Malaysia / Nik Erma Suhana Tuan Mohd Ariffin
description The foreign exchange rate is important to every country in the world in order to strengthen their economic health. Thus, the objective of this study is to determine the factor that affects foreign exchange rate in Malaysia from the year 1977 to 2017. The independent variables used include the export of goods and services, import of goods and services and gross domestic product. Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) method was used to analyze the data collected from World Bank, Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and Thomson Reuters Eikon in order to understand the determinants of the foreign exchange rate in Malaysia. The results revealed that import of goods and services has negative and significant relationship foreign exchange rate in Malaysia. Besides, gross domestic product and export of goods and services have a positive significant relationship with the foreign exchange rate in Malaysia. The finding of this paper will help to give a clear relationship to the further researcher to access the information about the factor affecting the foreign exchange rate in Malaysia
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author Tuan Mohd Ariffin, Nik Erma Suhana
author_facet Tuan Mohd Ariffin, Nik Erma Suhana
author_sort Tuan Mohd Ariffin, Nik Erma Suhana
title Determinants of the foreign exchange rate in Malaysia / Nik Erma Suhana Tuan Mohd Ariffin
title_short Determinants of the foreign exchange rate in Malaysia / Nik Erma Suhana Tuan Mohd Ariffin
title_full Determinants of the foreign exchange rate in Malaysia / Nik Erma Suhana Tuan Mohd Ariffin
title_fullStr Determinants of the foreign exchange rate in Malaysia / Nik Erma Suhana Tuan Mohd Ariffin
title_full_unstemmed Determinants of the foreign exchange rate in Malaysia / Nik Erma Suhana Tuan Mohd Ariffin
title_sort determinants of the foreign exchange rate in malaysia / nik erma suhana tuan mohd ariffin
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi MARA, Terengganu
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