| dc.description.abstract | This research aimed to determine the effect of macroeconomic variables
on capital goods import in Indonesia. Independent variables used were
Dollar Exchange Rate (Exchange), Gross Domestic Product (GDP),
inflation (INF), and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), while the dependent
variable used was capital goods import in Indonesia. The research used
monthly data in the form of time series of the years 2005-2013. Data
analysis used was multiple regression analysis. The results based on
regression analysis showed that Dollar exchange rate had a significant
negative effect, gross domestic product and foreign direct investment
had a significant positive effect, and inflation had an insignificant
negative effect on the import of capital goods in Indonesia. Based on
these results, it is necessary to supervise the activities of international
trade through import in maintaining macroeconomic stability in
Indonesia. | en_US |
