THE INFLUENCE OF INVESTMENTS AND TOTAL NUMBER OF LABOR
FORCES ON THE ECONOMIC GROWTH OF THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR IN SOUTH SUMATRA By: Hendra Handayani Siregar Taufi Mar!a Na"e#i Adnan This study was aimed at identifying the influence of investments and total number of labor forces the economic growth of the Industrial Sector in South Sumatera in the period 1995 to 2008 The secondary data analy!ed in this study included ban" credits# total number of the labor forces# and the economic growth $ multiple linear regression techni%ue was applied The research results show that investments and total number of the labor forces play a significant in the economic growth &ey words' Investment# total number of labor force# and economic growth (iii