In: Economics
Malaysia used to be a roaring economy from 1990 until 1997 during that period what was their growth rate,inflation rate,GDP, national income and income per capita and what happened to them after that period ?
soln.:
years | gwoth rate | inflationn ate | GDP (in billion) | national income | per capita income |
1990 | 9.010 | 3.807 | 44.024 | 31.929 | 2440.592 |
1991 | 9.545 | 3.584 | 49.143 | 36.652 | 2652.144 |
1992 | 8.885 | 2.414 | 59.167 | 44.393 | 3111.977 |
1993 | 9.895 | 3.987 | 66.894 | 50.300 | 3431.370 |
1994 | 9.212 | 3.937 | 74.478 | 56.342 | 3726.341 |
1995 | 9.829 | 3.633 | 88.705 | 66.867 | 4328.000 |
1996 | 10.003 | 3.680 |
100.855 |
74.625 | 4797.291 |
1997 | 7.323 | 3.483 | 100.005 | 72.690 | 4637.320 |
GDP at purchaser's prices- It is the sum of gross value added by all resident producers in the economy plus any product taxes and minus any subsidies not included in the value of the products
National income- Adjusted net national income (current US$)
Post 1997 the Malesian economy faced a shrink due to asian financial crisis and the effect was nor recovered till 2003. its GDP shrinks from 100 biullion to 72.2 billion, per capita reduced to 3263 by the year 1998. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange's composite index fell from approximately 1300 to nearly merely 400 points in a few short weeks.Malesia refuse to take financial aid from IMF. A National Economic Action Council was formed to deal with the monetary crisis and by the year 1999 it started its growth by its own.