This assessment examines the reasons for the recent surge in agricultural commodity prices and their implications for both developed and underdeveloped countries. Students are asked to make their own evaluations by using appropriate microeconomics concepts and suggest policies for stabilising...

This assessment gives a brief overview of the process of economic growth by adopting predominantly a historical perspective. Starting with the meaning of economic growth and development, it illustrates how growth proceeded in an uneven fashion over the past two centuries and drastically changed...

Islamic finance has been growing rapidly since its launch in the 1970s. The major market for this industry is typically the Middle East and it is gaining popularity in the UK, USA and Southeast Asia. Malaysia is the leading Islamic finance industry in Southeast Asia while its neighbor Singapore...

This paper examines the long-term as well as short-term equilibrium relationships between the major stock indices and selected macroeconomic variables (such as money supply and interest rate) of Singapore and the United States by employing the advanced time series analysis techniques that...

We seek to study the link between economic policy changes and socio-economic development in Malaysia that has shown impressive growth over the years. The country has experienced significant policy changes since independence in 1957, but the main focus of promoting the native Malay (Bumiputera)...