dc.description.abstract | Economic growth as an economic problem in the long term and a measure to see how much the level of development in a region. This study aims to analyze and determine the effect of investment, exports and imports on economic growth and employment in North Sumatra Province. The technique and analysis used is path analysis. For the purpose of analysis, secondary data is used in the form of time series data, 2005-2021 obtained from BPS, BKPM and other sources, namely journals. The results show that economic growth is directly proportional to investment, imports and labor, which means that the higher the economic growth, the higher the economic growth, the higher the investment value, imports and total employment in North Sumatra Province. Meanwhile, economic growth is inversely proportional to exports, which means that the higher the value of economic growth, the lower the investment value in North Sumatra Province. Simultaneously investment, exports and imports have a significant effect on employment and investment, imports, and labor have a significant effect on economic growth in North Sumatra Province. positive on economic growth in North Sumatra. Economic growth in North Sumatra Province 84% is influenced by investment, exports, imports and labor, while 16% is influenced by other factors not observed in this study. | en_US |