The factors that influence household debt in Malaysia / Wan Nabihah Wan Zaidi

The level of household debt in Malaysia may in turn cause another financial crisis as it is at worrying stage. Therefore, the aims of this study is to identify the relationship between household debt and its determinants as well as to determine the most significant factors that affect the household...

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Main Author: Wan Zaidi, Wan Nabihah
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Language:English
Published: 2018
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spelling my-uitm-ir.934042024-04-03T07:30:01Z The factors that influence household debt in Malaysia / Wan Nabihah Wan Zaidi 2018 Wan Zaidi, Wan Nabihah Commercial credit. Commercial loans. Credit management The level of household debt in Malaysia may in turn cause another financial crisis as it is at worrying stage. Therefore, the aims of this study is to identify the relationship between household debt and its determinants as well as to determine the most significant factors that affect the household debt via time series technique. The mode of empirical investigation is Ordinary Least Square Method with the multiple regressions which are applied to monthly time series data spanning from 2012 to 2016 for four variables such as Interest Rate, Inflation, Unemployment Rate and Consumption. Data collected from Eikon Thomson Reuters and Monthly Statistical Bulletin. The study implies that interest rate, unemployment rate and consumption are positive and significantly related with household debt whereas the result illustrates an insignificant yet positive relationship between inflation and household debt. As a conclusion, these findings bear important implications for Malaysian policymakers. 2018 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/93404/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/93404/1/93404.pdf text en public degree Universiti Teknologi MARA, Terengganu Faculty Of Business Management Mohamad Azmin, Nur Azwani
institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
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language English
advisor Mohamad Azmin, Nur Azwani
topic Commercial credit
Commercial loans
Credit management
spellingShingle Commercial credit
Commercial loans
Credit management
Wan Zaidi, Wan Nabihah
The factors that influence household debt in Malaysia / Wan Nabihah Wan Zaidi
description The level of household debt in Malaysia may in turn cause another financial crisis as it is at worrying stage. Therefore, the aims of this study is to identify the relationship between household debt and its determinants as well as to determine the most significant factors that affect the household debt via time series technique. The mode of empirical investigation is Ordinary Least Square Method with the multiple regressions which are applied to monthly time series data spanning from 2012 to 2016 for four variables such as Interest Rate, Inflation, Unemployment Rate and Consumption. Data collected from Eikon Thomson Reuters and Monthly Statistical Bulletin. The study implies that interest rate, unemployment rate and consumption are positive and significantly related with household debt whereas the result illustrates an insignificant yet positive relationship between inflation and household debt. As a conclusion, these findings bear important implications for Malaysian policymakers.
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title The factors that influence household debt in Malaysia / Wan Nabihah Wan Zaidi
title_short The factors that influence household debt in Malaysia / Wan Nabihah Wan Zaidi
title_full The factors that influence household debt in Malaysia / Wan Nabihah Wan Zaidi
title_fullStr The factors that influence household debt in Malaysia / Wan Nabihah Wan Zaidi
title_full_unstemmed The factors that influence household debt in Malaysia / Wan Nabihah Wan Zaidi
title_sort factors that influence household debt in malaysia / wan nabihah wan zaidi
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publishDate 2018
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/93404/1/93404.pdf
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