IJJM Ilomata International Journal of Management P-ISSN: 2714-8971; E-ISSN: 2714-8963 Vol. 1 No. 3 July 2020 pp.88-92 https://www.ilomata.org/index.php/ijjm 88 | Ilomata International Journal of Management Vol. 1 No. 3 July 2020 Influence of Inflation on Poverty in Bima City Junaidin 1 , Puji Muniarty 2 12 Management Studies Program, Bima School of Economics, Bima City Correspondent: puji.stiebima@gmail.com Submitted : February 10, 2020 Revised : March 30, 2020 Published : July 30, 2020 ABSTRACT Inflation and poverty are important indicators in the economy, the pace and growth are always strived to be low and stable so as not to cause macroeconomic diseases which will later have an impact on instability on the economy. This study aims to analyze the effect of independent variables on the dependent variable. The independent variable in this study is inflation while the dependent variable is poverty in the City of Bima in the period 2013-2018. The sample in this study is in the form of inflation and poverty data for the past 6 years, namely from 2013 to 2018. The data used in this study are in the form of a list of tables regarding inflation and poverty for 6 years obtained from the Office of the Statistics Indonesia (BPS) office in Bima City. The data used are secondary data and the method used is simple linear regression analysis, simple correlation coefficient, simple linear determination and t-test (2 parties) using SPSS Version 20.0 to get a comprehensive picture of the relationship between one variable with another variable. The results showed that inflation had no effect and was not significant on poverty in Bima City. INTRODUCTION Bima City is an autonomous city located on the island of Sumbawa, West Nusa Tenggara province, in general, the city has economic problems such as poverty and high inflation rates. The high level of inflation is an important indicator in an economy that cannot be ignored, its rate and growth are always strived to be low and stable so as not to cause macroeconomic diseases which will later have an impact on instability in the economy. Referring to the current economic conditions the condition of the prices of goods and services, in generals continuously not only on one item but the price increase that occurs in several types of goods consumed by the public. With price increases that occur not just for a moment but can occur within a static period of time. High and unstable inflation is a reflection of economic instability that results in rising prices of goods and services continuously and results in higher poverty in Bima City. Based on data from the Statistics Indonesia (BPS) of Bima City in the last 6 years, Inflation in Bima City from 2013 to 2018 experienced fluctuations in which every year is changing. In 2013 inflation in Bima City was 10.06% while in 2014 it decreased by 2.79% than in 2015 it decreased by 2.87%, then in 2016 it decreased again by 1.19%, after that in the year 2017 increased by 0.94%, then in 2018 it increased again by 1.53% due to price increases as indicated by an increase in the index in certain foodstuff groups. Observing the fluctuating inflation movement above is expected to affect poverty in Bima City. As with other regions that inflation is controlled by the local government through fiscal and monetary policies so that it can stabilize the price of goods consumed by the community resulting in increased purchasing power of consumers or the community in general and reduce poverty. The