Since the secession of South Sudan in July 2011, the inflation in Sudan started to exhibit significant hikes and reached 41.9 in December 2013. The inflation rate decreased from 41.9 per cent in December 2013 to 40.9 per cent in January 2014 (1 percentage point decrease) and to 37 per cent in February 2014 (3.9 percentage point decrease) and finally decreased to 35.7 per cent in March 2014(1.3 percentage point decrease).