Sectoral effect of oil price, natural gas and LNG prices on Malaysia’s services sector

Nur Surayya bt Mohd Saudi and Ariffin bin Ismail and Saizal Pinjaman and Hasan Al-Banna bin Mohamad and Haliza bt Zahari and Aida Nasirah Abdullah (2020) Sectoral effect of oil price, natural gas and LNG prices on Malaysia’s services sector. JOURNAL OF CRITICAL REVIEWS, 7 (17). pp. 1039-1046. ISSN 2394-5125

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Abstract

This study investigates on the impact of GDP on services sector towards oil and gas prices. This study takes account three types of energy prices, namely Brent Crude, Natural Gas and LNG, and explore the impact of these energies on the services subsectors that was ranked as the higest contibuter for Malaysia’s Gross Domestic Products (GDP). The study employed an econometrics time series analysis using ARDL estimates with time series data spanning from 1987 to 2017. The empirical findings depicted a high energy intensity services subsectors that requires high input production of oil adversely affected with oil price changes. Brent Crude price shows a negative long-run relationship with storage and communication services subsectors while no relationship detected on others services subsectors that is less energy intensity namely wholesale services and finance services with natural gas and LNG prices. The study outcomes are significant for policymakers in planning budget allocation on specific services subsectors that highly contribute to GDP. An empirical finding that absent on the highest contributor of Malaysia’s GDP namely wholesale subsectors on the fluctuating energy prices, indicates that this subsector is not depended on energy prices and potential in generating Malaysia’s GDP. However, a highly affected subsectors like storage and communication services subsectors could be assisted by providing oil subsidy and tax exemption on affected industries. This is to ensure that such external impact would not affect the production performance, as well as to ascertain betterment in aiding policymakers and safeguarding these crucial sectors.

Item Type: Article
Keyword: oil price, natural gas price, LNG price, Gross Domestic products (GDP)
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HB Economic theory. Demography
Department: FACULTY > Faculty of Business, Economics and Accounting
Depositing User: SITI AZIZAH BINTI IDRIS -
Date Deposited: 15 Jan 2021 07:29
Last Modified: 15 Jan 2021 07:29
URI: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/26642

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