Recent financial crisis in Malaysia: response, results, challenges

Hasan, Zubair (1999): Recent financial crisis in Malaysia: response, results, challenges. Published in: The Indian Economic Journal , Vol. 49, No. 1 (April 2001): pp. 28-49.

Abstract

This paper was one of the first writings that appeared on the subject and presented at a local conference while pending publication with the Indian Economic Journal.After a brief Introduction, Section 2 discusses broadly the process used for generating the data used for analysis as also the position of Malaysian economy during the crisis. Section 3 deals with controls as a tool for managing the financial turmoil. Section 4 argues, on the basis of results, that for Malaysia the imposition of controls was a better course of action than seeking help from the IMF. Section 5 makes brief reference to some challenges including the issue of dollar-ringgit peg. Section 6 contains a few concluding remarks.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Financial crisis; short-term foreign capital flight stock market fall; currency depreciation; capital controls
• Subjects: E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E3 - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles > E32 - Business Fluctuations ; Cycles; E - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics > E0 - General > E00 - General; F - International Economics > F3 - International Finance > F31 - Foreign Exchange

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