...STOCK MARKET DEVELOPMENT ON THE MALAYSIAN ECONOMIC GROWTH: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION BY HAFSAH AHMAD A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN ECONOMICS KULLIYYAH OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA MAY 2005 1 ABSTRACT This study investigates the long-run relationship between financial development (banking sector and stock market development) and economic growth in Malaysia. Six variables based on Malaysian quarterly data from 1978:1 to 2002:4 are employed, namely real GDP per capita, investment rate and ratios of credit, deposit, market capitalization, and value of shares traded to GDP. Two dynamic frameworks are adopted - Vector Auto regression (VAR) with error correction formulation for causality analyses and dynamic OLS (DOLS) procedure for estimation of growthfinance long-run relation. Causality analyses show that there is bi-directional causality between financial development (banking sector and stock market development) and economic growth. Analyses on growth-finance long-run relations indicate that banking sector development and stock market development individually have an independent positive effect on long-run economic growth. They enhance economic growth through both channels – the volume and efficiency of investment, with the latter being the main source of their independent effect. The study also shows that banking sector development and stock...
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...this subject which is business report on Overnight rates in Malaysia. The main purpose of this business report is to understand the past year event on the overnight rates in Malaysia from the year 2004 to 2010. Further, we would also like to predict the incoming overnight rates which will be announced by the Bank Negara Malaysia (Central Bank of Malaysia) by the year of 2012. In addition to that, we are agreed to submit our assignment on to the respective tutor through the assignment box located We hope that our assignment on this business report had met the subject requirement based on the marking and grading criteria of Thank you. Yours truly,| Executive Summary The overnight rates in Malaysia creates a long great history in the past seven years from 2004 to 2010, during these years the overnight rates was changeable between increasing at a maximum of 3.5 % in 2006 and decreasing at a minimum of 2% in 2009, further the average overnight rates was recoded at 2.91%. This report will show the history of the overnight rates during this period and reasons that caused the overnight rates to change, for instance decrease in overnight rates caused by an effect of the global financial crisis. Moreover this report will discuss the coming predicted overnight rates for this year depending on proved evidence from past years, most of the sources in the report were conducted directly from the central bank of Malaysia website which is more accurate and proved as well. Table...
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...An Overview of the Malaysian Banking Sector FINA0501 ASIAN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS TERM PAPER LEE JUNHONG, JEREMY 2010540826 I. Introduction Malaysia has been an important player in the Asian economy since the early days of independence, and even before that, as a British protectorate. It is currently the third largest economy in Southeast Asia, and is the 28th largest economy in the world in terms of purchasing power parity according to the World Bank. Malaysia has also successfully diversified its role by focusing her economy on both the traditional sphere of primary agricultural produce as well as being a hub for light manufacturing in consumer durables and electronics. Strong economic planning and farsighted vision by both the government and central bank has been instrumental in maintaining a strong growth rate of her economy; her combined year on year growth since independence in 1957 has averaged 6.6%, which is no doubt a stellar record and one of the highest in Asia. The financial institutions and their functions have been instrumental in this success, and this paper will strive to highlight the strengths and weaknesses, as well as a general overview of the Malaysian banking sector. I. Historical background The earliest beginnings of the banking sector in Malaysia dates back to the early 19th Century under British influence and the expatriate (mainly British) merchant communities. The Straits Settlements comprising of Singapore, Malacca and Penang were administered...
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...Introduction Malaysia, an upper-middle income country, is a federal constitutional monarchy which consists of 13 states and 3 federal territories located in Southeast Asia. Besides, Malaysia has a newly industrialised market economy which is relatively open state-oriented. It was ranked 3rd largest economy in Southeast Asia and 29th largest economy in the world by purchasing power parity in year 2007. In recent years, Malaysia has successfully transformed itself from being the world’s largest producer of raw material such as tin and rubber to being a diversified economy to reduce the dependence of exported goods. As a result, Malaysia GDP is now driven mainly by the services and manufacturing sectors (Malaysia Factbook 2014). 2.0 Malaysia Economic Growth Rate Table of Malaysia GDP Growth (Annual %) from year 2003-2012 Year | GDP Growth (Annual %) | 2003 | 6 | 2004 | 7 | 2005 | 5 | 2006 | 6 | 2007 | 6 | 2008 | 5 | 2009 | -2 | 2010 | 7 | 2011 | 5 | 2012 | 6 | Sources: The World Bank Group 2014a Line chart of Malaysia GDP Growth (Annual %) from year 2003-2012 Sources: The World Bank Group 2014a The x-axis of the line chart above represents years from 2003 to 2012 while y-axis represents Malaysia’s GDP Annual Growth Rate. GDP Growth (Annual %) can be defined as annual percentage growth rate of GDP at market prices based on constant local currency (Index Mundi 2014a). According to the line chart, GDP Annual Growth Rate in Malaysia is at average...
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...Financial Institutions and Markets THE MALAYSIAN STOCK MARKET | | | | | | | | | TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary 1 1.0 Introduction 2 2.0 Major Developments of Malaysian Stock Market for the past 10 years (2002 – 2011) 4 2.1 Merger of Two Stock Exchanges (KLSE and MESDAQ) 5 2.2 Standard Board Lot of 100 units 5 2.3 FTSE Bursa Malaysia Index (FBM) 6 2.4 Bursa Trade Securities (BTS) 6 2.5 Introduction of Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) 6 2.6 Amendments on Listing Requirements 7 2.7 Introduction of E-dividend and E-share Payment System 7 2.8 ASEAN Exchanges Trading Link 7 3.0 Capital Market Master Plan (CMP) 9 3.1 Capital Market Master Plan 1 9 3.2 Capital Market Master Plan 2 (CMP 2) 9 3.2.1 CMP2 and the development of stock market 12 4.0 Outlook of Islamic Stock Market 13 4.1 Introduction of Islamic Stock Market 13 4.2 Current Condition 13 4.3 Efforts in Strengthening Malaysia’s Position in Global Islamic Stock Market 13 4.4 Prospects of Malaysia Islamic Stock market over next decade 14 5.0 Conclusion 15 Reference List 16 Appendices 20 List of Figures Figure 1: Main indicators for Malaysia Stock Market from year 1989 to 2010 4 Figure 2: Malaysian Stock Market Capitalisation in the past ten years (2002 - 2011) 5 Figure 1: Number of stockbroking member companies before and after merger 21 Figure 2: Number of dealer representatives before and after merger 21 List of table Table 1:...
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...Page INTRODUCTION 2 Economic growth and living standards in Malaysia. 3 -7 Unemployment in Malaysia 7 - 10 Inflation in Malaysia 10 - 12 Summary 13 References 13 -14 1. Introduction Macroeconomics can be best understood in contrast to microeconomics which considers the decisions made at the level of a specific subgroups or individuals. Macroeconomics considers the behavior of an economy at the aggregate level or how all of these decisions sum together. It looks at the bigger picture and involves the study of the economy as a whole. More specifically, it is a study of national economies and the determination of national income. The study of macroeconomics are focusing on several factors that are: * Real output – determine the reason of the economic growth and their differences between various countries. * Productivity – the average labour productivity. * Economic growth – causes of decline and growth. * Unemployment – types, reason and how to overcome it. * Inflation – Causes, reason of different rate either from time to time and from one country to another. In order to greasing the engine of the economy, government used several policies such as: * Financial or monetary policies to influences supply of...
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... Datuk Seri Lee Hock Seng, said the company had perfected the thermo press-form technology after a one-year trial and error before going for mass production. "In this technology, the accuracy of moulding is very important to ensure absolute air-tightness. Basically, the containers are tailor-made to suit our clients' needs. "The air-tight property has added value to the products. Although air ventilation is still needed for certain food items such as vegetables and fruits, air-tight containers still have vast uses in the food industry and we foresee a sharp rise in the demand for this new range of products," he told Business Times recently. Lee Soon Seng is wholly owned by SCGM Bhd, a public-listed investment holding firm. For the financial year ended April 30 2013, SCGM posted RM96.9 millions revenue compared with RM82.1 million in 2012. Net profit saw a jump from RM5.9 million to RM7.8 million in the corresponding period. <http://www.btimes.com.my/Current_News/BTIMES/articles/PLASTICS/Article/#> FDI has attracted increasing interest from developing countries because of the perceived benefits in terms of the injection of capital, technology and knowledge. This article analyses the main analytical underpinnings concerning the inter-relationships between FDI and host country...
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...Chapter 1: Introduction Introduction Over a decade, the consensus of economics growth remains the key focus for every nation notably in least development countries (LDC). Poverty eradication, income distribution and welfare enhancement often discussed widely by these nations. Economic growth is often seen as the 'holy grail' of economic policy. This simplistic emphasis on economic growth is often criticized because of the limitations of economic growth in improving living standards. Another question arise is does economic growth promote sustainable improvement on country development? Malaysia economy has been transformed from a protected low income supplier of raw materials to a middle income emerging multi-sector market economy in the past 20 years. This is driven by the export of manufacturing goods, particularly electronics and semiconductors, which constitute about 90% of exports. In this paper, the primary objective is to investigate what is the relationship between openness, inflation and FDI with economic growth. Export and import often plays pivotal role in determine the gross domestic product (GDP) in a nation. In particular, the research question to be outlined is how does openness, inflation and FDI affect economic growth. Multinational corporations (MNCs) are those organizations that own or controls productions of goods or services in one or more countries other than its home country. MNC plays major role in foreign aids recipient countries, it contribution to...
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...Malaysia’s Economic System Malaysia is a moderately affluent countries. In the new economic policy, she produced from a raw material in the late 1971-1990 period the country to convert to a new multi-industrial economy. Economic growth is mainly dependent on the export of finished products, especially electronic products. Therefore, especially big blow to the global economic recession and the recession of information technology brought to Malaysia. Malaysian economy developed steadily since 1987. Since then Malaysia's economy an average annual growth rate of 8%, higher than that of other countries in Southeast Asia. Economic growth, mostly from the direct involvement of the national government. In 1987, the Government will action taken to attract foreign investment. Of foreign investment in Malaysia peaked in 1990, a total of 17.6 billion ringgit. The privatization of state assets is also ongoing. The government has proposed the "Vision 2020" plan, the plan has been to determine the basic goal of the industrialization of the country. Kuala Lumpur stable macroeconomic environment, with adequate foreign exchange reserves and a small external debt remained at or below 3% inflation rate and the unemployment rate, the recession similar to the 1997 Asian economic crisis from happening again in Malaysia may resistance becomes very small. Nevertheless, faced with lack of competitiveness and high debt problem of large enterprises have a negative impact on Malaysia's economic future. ...
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...ANALYSIS For the development of any country many factors plays vital role. The trades as well as all the factors are interrelated. One of the most important factors affecting the expansion of country is PESTEL This analysis provides a holistic view of any country from historical current and future. This analysis on critical, current and future is presented through detail is called SCPT. That means (strengths, challenges, prospects, and threats). Analysis of each segments the PESTLE country analysis provides an in depth analysis of 50 major countries This classification is distinguishes between PESTEL mainly contains following points : Political factors Economic factors Social factors Technological factors Environmental factors Legal factors FEATURES OF PESTEL ANALYSIS OF MALAYSIA Get trend and forecast of real GDP growth rate of Malaysia. Get trend of consumption expenditure in percentage of GDP in Malaysia. Research and development factors of Malaysia. Technological factors of Malaysia. Get trend of growth of population rate in Malaysia. Get trend of unemployment rate in Malaysia. Get trend of savings and consumption as well as investment and expenditure in percentage in GDP of Malaysia. BENEFITS OF PESTEL ANALYSIS IN MALAYSIA Political section on Malaysia provides get the information about the whole political system governors indicators and all key figures in the country. From economic section we get all outlines of the economics stories of the...
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...participated in the process of direct investment activities. Over a long period of time, foreign direct investment (FDI) forms a major part of investment in most industrial and some developing countries. Besides that, he did explain that some FDI is intended to utilize local natural resources. Sometimes it is to employ relatively cheap labour, and sometimes to produce goods near to markets. Moreover, foreign direct investment can be a significant driver of development in poor nations. According to Katerina, John and Athanasios (2004), it provides an inflow of foreign capital and funds, in addition to an increase in the transfer of skills, technology, and job opportunities. Furthermore, they said it would be difficult to generate this capital through domestic savings, and even if it were not, it would still be difficult to import the necessary technology from abroad, since the transfer of technology to firms with no previous experience of using it is difficult, risky, and expensive. If FDI has a positive impact on economic growth, then a host country should encourage FDI flows by offering tax incentives, infrastructure subsidies, import duty exemptions and other measures to...
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...Munich Personal RePEc Archive Economic Factors Influencing Corporate Capital Structure in Three Asian Countries: Evidence from Japan, Malaysia and Pakistan Muhammad Mahmud and Gobind M. Herani and A.W. Rajar and Wahid Farooqi KASBIT, KABIT, Sindh University, Indus Institute of Higher Education 20. April 2009 Online at http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/15003/ MPRA Paper No. 15003, posted 4. May 2009 07:34 UTC Indus Journal of Management & Social Sciences, 3(1):9-17 (Spring 2009) http://indus.edu.pk/journal.php Economic Factors Influencing Corporate Capital Structure in Three Asian Countries: Evidence from Japan, Malaysia and Pakistan Muhammad Mahmud*, Gobind M. Herani** A. W. Rajar*** and Wahid Farooqi**** ABSTRACT This study is an attempt to determine the factors that influence a firm’s choice of capital structure in three Asian countries: Japan, Malaysia and Pakistan. The specific objective is to investigate if country’s economic factors play a significant role in determining capital structure between markets. These countries are chosen in order to represent three different stages of economic development. Literature review reveals that considerable research has been made in the industrialized countries on the similar topic. Capital structure is one of the most complex areas of strategic financial decision making due to its interrelationship with macroeconomic variables. This study reveals that per capita GNP growth for Japan and Malaysia is significantly related to...
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...pART 1 NEW ECONOMIC MODEL FOR MALAYSIA NEW ECONOMIC MODEL FOR MALAYSIA pART 1 High Income Rakyat Quality of Life Inclusiveness Sustainability NEAC National Economic Advisory Council Level 5 & 11, Menara Usahawan Persiaran Perdana, Precinct 2 Federal Government Administrative Centre 62652 PUTRAJAYA MALAYSIA NATIONAL ECONOMIC ADVISORY COUNCIL NEAC www.neac.gov.my NEAC NATIONAL ECONOMIC ADVISORY COUNCIL CHAPTRE NEW ECONOMIC MODEL F O R M A L AY S I A 1 Part I: Strategic Policy Directions Copyrights Reserved All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording and/or otherwise without the prior permission of: Secretary National Economic Advisory Council Level 5 & 11, Menara Usahawan Persiaran Perdana, Precinct 2 Federal Government Administrative Centre 62652 PUTRAJAYA Tel.: 03-8888 6512/ 8888 6513 Fax: 03-8888 4638/ 8888 4177 Email: secretariat.neac@pmo.gov.my www.neac.gov.my Sales copies are obtainable from: Percetakan Nasional Malaysia Berhad Jalan Chan Sow Lin 50554 Kuala Lumpur Tel.: 03-9236 6888 Fax: 03-9222 4773 Email: cservice@printnasional.com.my __________________________________ Cover design and layout by Percetakan Nasional Malaysia Berhad Preface This report is the first of two documents by the National Economic Advisory Council (NEAC) on the New Economic Model (NEM). This report presents...
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...The global financial crisis in 2008-2009 made a severe change to the world economy with include United States. The problem begins in the US Financial system, arising from the deteriorating quality of subprime assets that started in 2007, that caused into a major horrible global financial crisis in the last half of 2008. From a housing crisis, it quickly grew into a banking crisis with the investment and merchant banks first absorbing the impact before it spread to the commercial banks. The main reason of this crisis was Lax Regulation and Low Lending Rates. Moreover the greed of top management people of the financial institutions was another reason of this crisis. Especially, several failing of many large U.S and global financial institutions in September 2008 generated widespread fear of a systemic disruption across global financial markets which in turn had led to the “freezing” of the interbank and credit markets in many financial centres around the world. Despite the unprecedented large and aggressive financial measures taken by the authorities, the crisis intensified as prices of a large number of classes of financial assets collapsed resulting in a huge negative income and wealth effect. With the United States’ economy contracting sharply, it sent ripples across export-dependent Asian economies, which began to face a contraction as a consequence. Although the Malaysian economy was insulated from the direct effects of financial exposure because the new derivatives were not...
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...Review of Development Economics, 9(2), 166–176, 2005 Endogenous Growth Models and Stock Market Development: Evidence from Four Countries Guglielmo Maria Caporale, Peter Howells, and Alaa M. Soliman* Abstract This paper re-examines the relationship between stock market development and economic growth. It provides a theoretical basis for establishing the channel through which stock markets affect economic growth in the long run. It examines the hypothesis of endogenous growth models that financial development causes higher growth through its influence on the level of investment and its productivity. The empirical part of this study exploits techniques recently developed to test for causality in VARs. The evidence obtained from a sample of four countries suggests that investment productivity is the channel through which stock market development enhances the growth rate in the long run. 1. Introduction Several theoretical and empirical papers such as Levine (1991), Levine and Zervos (1995), Demirguc-Kunt (1994), Demirguc-Kunt and Levine (1995), Rousseau and Wachtel (2000) and Beck and Levine (2003), have suggested that stock market development affects economic growth in developing countries. The common problem with these studies, however, is that there is no discussion of the channels through which stock markets can stimulate economic growth. In traditional growth theory, the growth rate is a positive function of exogenous technical progress. However, financial development is not...
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