00000ctm a22000004i 4500 UP-99796217613057667 Buklod 20190717145222.0 aa r ||| u ta 190717s2018 xx d r |||| u| (iLib)UPD-00409864630 DECON rda eng DMLUC LG 993.5 2018 E2 F45 Fernandez, Allison Bluette Diwa author. Impact of inflation in the consumption of poor households in the Philippines Allison Bluette Diwa Fernandez and Dana Mae Dadal Salgado ; Renato E. Reside Jr., adviser. Quezon City School of Economics, University of the Philippines Diliman 2018. 41 leaves 28 cm. text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Thesis (B.S. Economics) -- University of the Philippines Diliman December 2018. Within the past years, there has been concerning increases in inflation rate in the Philippines. These increases pose impacts on different macroeconomic sectors such as agricultural, financial, economic etc. Thus, the research focuses on the impacts of the changes in inflation rate to the populace, which are the basic unit of a nation. Poverty, as one of the major problems the Philippines is facing throughout the years, has been the focus of the government by making several projects such as the conditional cash transfer, also known as Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) and KALAHI Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services Project to empower poor communities and provide monetary assistance. With these, the study aims to discuss the effect of inflation in the lower income households by measuring the changes in consumer spending and observing the trends of consumption of poor households during high and low inflation rate through various statistical methods. Cost and standard of living Philippines. Poor Philippines. Inflation (Finance) Philippines. Salgado, Dana Mae Dadal joint author. Reside, Renato Jr. E. thesis adviser. FI UP UPD DECON LG 993.5 2018 E2 F45 Thesis