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The effect of Household Consumption, Capital Investment and Export on<br />

Economy Growth in Malaysia.<br />

Fatin Nadia binti Abd Razak<br />

Supervisor: Dr. Suhal Kusairi<br />

Bachelor of Economics (Natural Resources)<br />

School of Social and Economic Development<br />

The goal of this study is to find out the extent of effects of household consumption,<br />

capital investment, and exports on economy growth in Malaysia. The data in this study<br />

is time series from years 1985 until 2016 and used the multiple regression method<br />

analysis. The results of this study shows that household consumption and exports had<br />

positive effect while capital investment had negative effect on economy growth.<br />

Implication of this results is the government should focus on increasing aggregate<br />

demand by increasing household consumption through the reduction of taxes and<br />

should pay attention to the factors that affect exports.<br />

JEL CODES: E01, E21, E22, F13<br />

Keywords: economy growth, household consumption, capital investment, export<br />

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