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the more funds to be spent, which otherwise can be market and are by far the most liquid. Since they
used for development of the country. On the other are backed up by the government, they are consi-
hand, the yield of SBN also becomes the major con- dered default free. In details, interest rate for bond
cern for investors, because they want to compare is usually named yield. Yield is the income compo-
the yield of government bonds with the inflation nent of a security‟s return (Jones 2007).
rate in that country. If the yield obtained by inves- A study discusses the relationship between in-
tors is still satisfactory, they will buy the bonds. flation and government bond as listed as the fol-
Besides that, SBN yield is also often used as a refer- lowing: Consumption, money supply and inflation
ence for determining the risk-free rate in the CAPM do not significantly affect the interest rate SBI (Se-
formula used by investors in the stock market. For tiawan & Bratakusumah 2010).
example, when the risk-free rate in a high state, the Other studies are concerned with the relation-
investors will ask the higher the market return and ship between exchange rate and government bond
vice versa. such as the following: 1) Sihombing et al. (2014)
The degree of the risk-free rate can also affect found that Rupiah exchange rate and foreign ex-
the deposit rates and loan rates. Too high loan in- change reserve highly affect the long-term interest
terest rate will cause many potential projects being rate. 2) Chee & Fah (2013) found that the exchange
rejected because the calculation of net present value rate has a significant and positive relationship with
and internal rate of return of the project is not feas- five-year UK government bond yield. 3) Favero et
ible. From the previous studies, the government al. (2010) in their research for variables that affect
bond yields in many countries are influenced by a government bond yield conclude that dollar-euro
variety of other variables such as interest rates, in- exchange rate is insignificant. 4) Batten et al. (2006)
flation, and exchange rates. Most of the research that conclude that exchange rate variables were
results from various countries concluded some va- only significant for spreads on Philippine bonds
riables such as interest rates, inflation, and the ex- where it was positively related to changes in the
change rate have significant effects on the govern- exchange rate.
ment bond yield. However, other researchers found Some researches that found the relationship
no significant effect of those variables on the gov- between interest rate and government bond are as
ernment bond yield. the following: 1) Ahmad et al. (2009) research
Indonesia in recent years experienced higher found interest rate has significant influence on
inflation than other countries in other ASEAN re- bond yield spread of the Malaysian Government
gion. For that reason, it is necessary to investigate Securities (MGS) and Corporate Bonds (CBs) for a
whether inflation has impact on Indonesian gov- period from January 2001 to December 2008. 2) De
ernment bonds yield. The fluctuation level of IDR Goeij & Marquering (2006) also found that mone-
against USD is also quite sharp compared to other tary policy has a short-term effect on bond volatili-
ASEAN countries, especially during election year. ty. 3) Fang, Lin & Parbhoo (2008) research conclude
Thus, it is necessary to investigate whether there is debt markets are more responsive to interest rates
an effect of the exchange rate on the Indonesian compared to the stock market. 4) Chee & Fah (2013)
government bond yield. It is assumed that there are also found that short term interest rate is significant
also other variables that significantly affect the and negatively related to UK government bond
government bond yield. yields.
Now that determining government bond yield Some researches that found the relationship
is very important, this study attempts to confirm between external risk factors and stability to gov-
whether the level of interest rates, inflation, and the ernment bond are as the following: 1) The markets
exchange rate have effects on Indonesian govern- of the countries that decided to stay out of the
ment bond yield. Besides that, this research also Monetary Union present a higher vulnerability to
tries to explore whether there are other variables external risk factors. (Abad, Chuliá, & Gómez-Puig
that also affect Indonesian government bonds yield. 2009); 2) Fiscal policies in “good” times need to be
sounder to create leeway for crisis times, pointing
2. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK AND HYPO- to the need for compliance with the Stability and
THESES Growth Pact (Von Hagen, Schuknecht, & Wolswijk
Negative Entrenchment Effect 2011); 3) The sovereign debt crisis has made it clear
According to Elton et al. (2007), government bonds that central banking is more than keeping inflation
represent the borrowing of the federal government. low. Central banks are also responsible for financial
They represent the largest percentage of total debt stability. (De Grauwe 2013); 4) Because there are
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Table 1
The Source of Variables
No Variables Unit Period Data Source
1 IGB Percentage Monthly id.investing.com
2 CEI Nominal Monthly Bank Indonesia
3 ECI Nominal Monthly Bank Indonesia
4 INF Percentage Monthly World Bank
5 INT Percentage Monthly World Bank
6 OILPRICE US dollar Monthly World Bank
7 XRATE US dollar Monthly Finance.Yahoo.com
differences concluded in those various studies, this According to Indonesian Central Bank, the
research intends to make sure the factors that influ- consumer expectations index is obtained from such
ence the Indonesian Government Bond yield. as Earnings expectations, Expectations of business
In reference to the theoretical review and some activity, and Expectations for employment, while
previous studies, the researcher stated the hypo- the economic conditions index are from Current
theses are as follows: earnings, Timeliness durable purchases, and The
H0: there is no significant effect partially or simul- availability of jobs.
taneously between inflation, exchange rate, interest The index was calculated by the method of
rate, oil price, the consumer expectation index, and balance score (net balance + 100). When the index is
the index of economic conditions on the Indonesian above 100 it means optimistic, otherwise if the in-
Government Bond yield. dex is below 100 it means pessimists. The net bal-
Ha: there are significant effects partially or simul- ance was calculated from the difference between
taneously between inflation, exchange rate, interest the percentages of respondents that increased the
rate, oil price, the consumer expectation index, and percentage of respondents who declined. The scope
the index of economic conditions on the Indonesian of the survey conducted monthly in 18 cities Indo-
Government Bond yield. nesia covering 4600 households, namely: Jakarta,
Bandung, Semarang, Surabaya, Medan, Makassar,
3. RESEARCH METHOD Bandar Lampung, Palembang, Banjarmasin, Pa-
This study uses a descriptive method and explana- dang, Pontianak, Samarinda, Manado, Denpasar,
tory study with secondary data taken from Mataram, Pangkal Pinang, Ambon, and Banten.
- www.bi.go.id, (www.bi.go.id).
- www.worldbank.org, Based on the literature review and the va-
- www.finance.yahoo.com, and riables of this study that shown in Table 1, the
- www.id.investing.com. model equations that affect Indonesian Govern-
This selection was based on systematic sampling ment Bond yield is as follows:
during the period from January 2012 to December IGB = c + β1.CEIt + β2.ECIt + β3.lNFt + β4.INTt +
2015. The dependent variable is the Indonesian β5.OILPRICEt + β6.XRATEt + μt. (1)
Government Bond Yield, while the independent Note:
variables are consumer expectation index, econom- IGB : Indonesian Government Bond yield
ic conditions index, inflation rate, interest rate, per CEI : Consumer Expectation Index
barrel crude oil price in US dollar, and direct quota- ECI : Economic Conditions Index
tion exchange rate between IDR and USD. INF : Inflation rate
Multivariate regression equation model was INT : Interest rate
used with a significance level of 5% for t-test. I used OILPRICE : Per barrel crude oil price in US dollar
oil price as the proxy of external risk factors due to XRATE : Direct quotation IDR per USD
fluctuations in world oil prices occurred outside the
Indonesian government control and it can affect 4. DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION
inflation. For the proxy of the stability, this research From Figure 1, it can be seen a graph of the yield on
takes variable consumer expectations index and the government bonds for 10 years (Indonesian Gov-
index of economic conditions, due to the stability of ernment Bonds for 10 years period). They have
a country can be reflected from the expectations certain tendencies. There are certain months where
and beliefs of the population. SBN yield has decreased but for the overall SBN 10
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0,12000
0,10000
0,08000
0,06000
0,04000
0,02000
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Apr-12
Apr-13
Apr-14
Apr-15
Jan-12
Oct-12
Jan-13
Oct-13
Jan-14
Oct-14
Jan-15
Oct-15
Jul-12
Jul-13
Jul-14
Jul-15
Figure 1
Graph of Indonesian Government Bond 10-years for Jan 2012 until Dec 2015
Source: id.investing.com.
10,00%
9,00%
8,00%
7,00%
6,00%
5,00%
4,00%
3,00%
2,00% INF
1,00% INT
0,00%
Figure 2
Graph of Inflation Rate and Interest Rate in Indonesia for Jan 2012 until Dec 2015
Source: www.worldbank.org.
years yield increasing, the highest occurred in Sep- ing the months of government funding require-
tember 2015 at a yield of 9.62%. When compared ments are on the rise. Allegedly the need of these
with the yield of government securities in January funds was to pay interest of government debt. If
2012, which was only 5.30%, the increase in yield this is the case then the government owes a debt to
on 10 year government bonds is nearly 90% rise pay interest, and if the interest rate (yield) is in-
during the period of three and a half years. Indeed, creasing, it can be harmful to the economic devel-
in the next 10 years the government securities yield opment and also increase the risk of default. It is
has decreased but is still above 8%. necessary to explore what factors leading to higher
In November and December over the past yield on 10 years government bonds.
three years, 2013 till 2015, government bonds 10 Graph in Figure 2 shows the inflation in Indo-
years yield amounts to 8% this indicates that dur- nesia has increased during the fasting month and at
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0,0001200000
0,0001000000
0,0000800000
0,0000600000
0,0000400000
0,0000200000
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Oct-12
Oct-13
Oct-14
Oct-15
Apr-12
Apr-13
Apr-14
Apr-15
Jan-12
Jan-13
Jan-14
Jan-15
Jul-12
Jul-13
Jul-14
Jul-15
Figure 3
Graph of Direct Quotation IDR-USD for Jan 2012 until Dec 2015
Source: finance.yahoo.com.
140
120
100
80
60 IKE
IEK
40
20
0
Apr-12
Apr-13
Apr-14
Apr-15
Jan-12
Oct-12
Jan-13
Oct-13
Jan-14
Oct-14
Jan-15
Oct-15
Jul-12
Jul-13
Jul-14
Jul-15
Figure 4
Graph of Economic Conditions Index and the Consumer Expectations Index for Jan 2012 until Dec 2015
Source: www.bi.go.id.
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120
100
80
60
40
20
Figure 5
Graph of Per Barrel Crude Oil Price for Jan 2012 until Dec 2015
Source: www.worldbank.org.
6.23% and December 2014: 8.36%; Inflation in No- more due to the weakening of the USD against all
vember 2015: 4.89% and December 2015: 3.35%. world currencies.
The inflation at the end of 2013 was high be- The graph in Figure 4 is the trend of the Con-
cause of the oil price was still high in Indonesia, sumer Expectation Index run in line with the Eco-
while inflation at the end of 2014 was still high be- nomic Condition Index. Consumer Expectations
cause even though at that time oil prices in the Index remained above Economic Condition Index,
world have started to decline, but the price of fuel it indicates the public optimism. From September
in the country has not been lowered by the gov- 2015 until December 2015 Economic Conditions
ernment, it was not lowered until January 2015. At Index and the Consumer Expectations Index had an
the end of 2015, there were exceptions, where a increasing trend.
decline in inflation is caused by several factors such The graph in Figure 5 shows that crude oil
as: oil prices were getting lower, the alertness of the price has declined from USD 117.79 per barrel in
government to maintain supplies of basic commod- March 2012 to USD 36.56 per barrel in December
ities and also because people's purchasing power is 2015. The declining of oil prices is expected to have
weakened, so at that time the economic activity contribution to the declining in inflation in various
went down. countries. Community in petroleum importer coun-
The graph in Figure 2 also shows the interest tries such as Indonesia and Singapore have an in-
rate increased from 5.75% in early 2012 to 7.5% in creasing purchasing power in line with inflation
2015. The trend of increasing interest rate began in declining, but the oil exporters countries such as
June 2013 until November 2013, after November Saudi Arabia and Venezuela which only rely on the
2013 the interest rate stay at the level of 7.5% until sale of petroleum as a source of state revenue expe-
December 2015, allegedly it was the government riencing economic difficulties.
strategy to neutralize the volatility of inflation oc- From the data processing, the equation is as
curred from June 2013 until December 2015. follows:
Based on the information in Figure 3, the direct IGB = -9.298476 – 0.05588 CEIt -0.663682 ECIt +
quotation IDR-USD, it shows that the value of IDR 0.006171 lNFt + 0.5733 INTt + 0.308739 OILPRICEt –
tends to decrease against the USD. From the end of 1.095759 XRATEt + μt
January 2012 to the end of December 2015, the val- R-squared = 0.897777
ue of IDR slumped by 53%. Although in October, Adjusted R-squared = 0.882817
November and December 2015 there was a slight Prob (F-statistic) = 0
strengthening of IDR against the USD, but it was (See the Appendices for the details).
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APPENDICES
Statistical Result
Dependent Variable: IGB
Method: Least Squares
Date: 04/26/16 Time: 21:57
Sample: 2012M01 2015M12
Included observations: 48
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