Open AccessCredit and the housing boom in Malaysa: a come back?
Author(s) -
Siti Nurazira Mohd Daud,
Abd Halim Ahmad,
Jan M. Podivinsky
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
economics and business letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.197
H-Index - 4
ISSN - 2254-4380
DOI - 10.17811/ebl.6.4.2017.110-115
Subject(s) - boom , financial fragility , fragility , economics , monetary economics , business , financial system , financial crisis , macroeconomics , engineering , chemistry , environmental engineering
This article investigates the existence of credit and housing booms in the Malaysian economy, with high levels of household indebtedness. The results reveal that both the credit boom and the housing boom exist and imply the fragility of the financial sector of the economy.