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A study on the relationship between exchange rate, money supply and interest rate with inflation in Malaysia / Mohd Hakim Mohd Akhib

Mohd Akhib, M Zikril Hakim

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Inflation has become an important agenda in most of the countries. Maintaining a relatively low inflation rate is not easy. A lot of parties need to play their role to maintain low inflation rate. As for this study, the researcher wants to determine are the factors that may contribute to inflation in Malaysia. The variables that had been chosen are inflation rate as the dependent variable, exchange rate (Yen), money supply (M3), and interest rate (BLR) as independent variables. Then, the data gathered was analyzed. The result shown that internal factors which were the money supply (M3) and interest rate (BLR) had significant relationship with inflation while external factor which was exchange rate (Yen) had insignificant relationship with inflation in Malaysia.

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Inflation has become an important agenda in most of the countries. Maintaining a relatively low inflation rate is not easy. A lot of parties need to play their role to maintain low inflation rate. As for this study, the researcher wants to determine are the factors that may contribute to inflation in Malaysia. The variables that had been chosen are inflation rate as the dependent variable, exchange rate (Yen), money supply (M3), and interest rate (BLR) as independent variables. Then, the data gathered was analyzed. The result shown that internal factors which were the money supply (M3) and interest rate (BLR) had significant relationship with inflation while external factor which was exchange rate (Yen) had insignificant relationship with inflation in Malaysia.

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Inflation has become an important agenda in most of the countries. Maintaining a relatively low inflation rate is not easy. A lot of parties need to play their role to maintain low inflation rate. As for this study, the researcher wants to determine are the factors that may contribute to inflation in Malaysia. The variables that had been chosen are inflation rate as the dependent variable, exchange rate (Yen), money supply (M3), and interest rate (BLR) as independent variables. Then, the data gathered was analyzed. The result shown that internal factors which were the money supply (M3) and interest rate (BLR) had significant relationship with inflation while external factor which was exchange rate (Yen) had insignificant relationship with inflation in Malaysia.

Key concepts: Inflation (cosmology), Exchange rate, Economics, Money supply, Real interest rate, Monetary economics, Inflation rate, Interest rate

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