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The causes of inflation in Asian developing countries : The case of Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and India / Fadhli Azizi Yusof

Inflation can be devastating to a country as it can dampen and weaken an economy of a country. There are several causes of inflation in an economy. Recently the world had been shock with the increase of crude oil which had troubled the economy. Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and India had record a hi...

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Main Author: Yusof, Fadhli Azizi
Format: Student Project
Language:English
Published: 2006
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Income. Income distribution. National income. Including gross national product, gross domestic product, and gross state product
International economic relations
Money and prices. Inflation. Deflation. Purchasing power
International finance
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spelling my.uitm.ir.408522021-01-21T03:19:15Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/40852/ The causes of inflation in Asian developing countries : The case of Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and India / Fadhli Azizi Yusof Yusof, Fadhli Azizi Income. Income distribution. National income. Including gross national product, gross domestic product, and gross state product International economic relations Money and prices. Inflation. Deflation. Purchasing power International finance Inflation can be devastating to a country as it can dampen and weaken an economy of a country. There are several causes of inflation in an economy. Recently the world had been shock with the increase of crude oil which had troubled the economy. Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and India had record a historical high inflation rate in 2008 where the crude oil price had hiked almost USD140 per barrel. Last reported inflation rate on February 2011 in Malaysia was 2.9 percent, Indonesia was 13.26 percent, Thailand was 3.1 percent and India was 8.82 percent. The objective of this study is to identify other factors that influence inflation in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and India. This study also seeks to get a general view of the causes of inflation in Asian developing countries. The time series analysis discovers that money supply (M2) is the cause of inflation in Malaysia, Thailand and India. Moreover, economic growth seems to impact inflation in Malaysia and Indonesia. Furthermore, government expenditure does not trigger inflation in Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand but does in India. Besides that, exchange rate does cause inflation in Thailand and India but not in Malaysia and Indonesia. Meanwhile, interest rate does not seem to bother inflation in Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand except for India. 2006 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/40852/1/40852.pdf Yusof, Fadhli Azizi (2006) The causes of inflation in Asian developing countries : The case of Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and India / Fadhli Azizi Yusof. [Student Project] (Unpublished)
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topic Income. Income distribution. National income. Including gross national product, gross domestic product, and gross state product
International economic relations
Money and prices. Inflation. Deflation. Purchasing power
International finance
spellingShingle Income. Income distribution. National income. Including gross national product, gross domestic product, and gross state product
International economic relations
Money and prices. Inflation. Deflation. Purchasing power
International finance
Yusof, Fadhli Azizi
The causes of inflation in Asian developing countries : The case of Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and India / Fadhli Azizi Yusof
description Inflation can be devastating to a country as it can dampen and weaken an economy of a country. There are several causes of inflation in an economy. Recently the world had been shock with the increase of crude oil which had troubled the economy. Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and India had record a historical high inflation rate in 2008 where the crude oil price had hiked almost USD140 per barrel. Last reported inflation rate on February 2011 in Malaysia was 2.9 percent, Indonesia was 13.26 percent, Thailand was 3.1 percent and India was 8.82 percent. The objective of this study is to identify other factors that influence inflation in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and India. This study also seeks to get a general view of the causes of inflation in Asian developing countries. The time series analysis discovers that money supply (M2) is the cause of inflation in Malaysia, Thailand and India. Moreover, economic growth seems to impact inflation in Malaysia and Indonesia. Furthermore, government expenditure does not trigger inflation in Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand but does in India. Besides that, exchange rate does cause inflation in Thailand and India but not in Malaysia and Indonesia. Meanwhile, interest rate does not seem to bother inflation in Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand except for India.
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author Yusof, Fadhli Azizi
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title The causes of inflation in Asian developing countries : The case of Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and India / Fadhli Azizi Yusof
title_short The causes of inflation in Asian developing countries : The case of Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and India / Fadhli Azizi Yusof
title_full The causes of inflation in Asian developing countries : The case of Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and India / Fadhli Azizi Yusof
title_fullStr The causes of inflation in Asian developing countries : The case of Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and India / Fadhli Azizi Yusof
title_full_unstemmed The causes of inflation in Asian developing countries : The case of Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and India / Fadhli Azizi Yusof
title_sort causes of inflation in asian developing countries : the case of malaysia, indonesia, thailand and india / fadhli azizi yusof
publishDate 2006
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