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Cayman Islands Dollar
KYDCayman Islands · Issued by Cayman Islands Monetary Authority
Price (USD)
$1.2000
Inflation (2016)
-0.63%
10y M2 change
—
M69 Score
95.9
USD-pegged
Market Cap (USD)
—
M2 source: World Bank
M2 (local currency)
—
broad money
CPI YoY (2016)
-0.63%
World Bank · annual
Country
Cayman Islands
ISO 4217 · KYD
Last Update
2026-04-25
Daily ingest · 02:00 UTC
Cayman Islands Dollar M2 money supply
Broad money in KYD (cash + deposits + close substitutes), annual back to ~1960 via World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN. Log scale auto-engages for hyperinflation outliers.
No M2 history available yet for KYD. World Bank coverage may be limited for this currency — direct central-bank feeds in a future release.
Cayman Islands Dollar inflation history
Annual CPI YoY since 2001 — World Bank consumer price index for Cayman Islands. Inflation volatility is one of three inputs into the Money2069 sound-money score.
Purchasing power calculator
How much would your Cayman Islands Dollar be worth today if you'd held it since…?
100 KYD in 2010 buys today
94.37 KYDworth of goods
Lost 6% of purchasing power since 2010.
To match 2010 purchasing power, you need today
105.97 KYD
12 years of cumulative inflation.
Calculation: cumulative product of (1 + CPI YoY) from the chosen year through 2016. Source: World Bank consumer price index (annual). Daily-refreshed.
Data sources & methodology
- FX (USD):
- Frankfurter / ECB · daily
- CPI YoY:
- World Bank FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · annual
- M2 broad money:
- World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN · annual (LCU)
- Market cap (USD):
- M2 / FX rate · daily
- 10-year M2 change:
- (M2 today / M2 10y ago) − 1
- M69 score:
- Weighted: CPI (50%), 10y M2 growth (40%), 1y FX stability (10%)
- Last fetched:
- 2026-04-25 16:12:57
- Country code (ISO 3166-1):
- CYM
Note: USD-pegged
Raw data: /api/v1/currencies/current/KYD
Frequently asked questions
Who issues the Cayman Islands Dollar?+
The Cayman Islands Dollar (KYD) is issued by Cayman Islands Monetary Authority. As the monetary authority for Cayman Islands, it sets policy interest rates, manages foreign reserves, and controls the money supply.
What is the inflation rate of the Cayman Islands Dollar?+
Latest available consumer price inflation for the Cayman Islands Dollar: -0.63% YoY (2016). Source: World Bank annual series (FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG). Daily-refreshed historical chart on this page.
Has the Cayman Islands Dollar been debased?+
Every fiat currency loses purchasing power over time as central banks expand the money supply. broad-money data is being added in our next release. Combined with cumulative inflation, this is the gap between KYD as accounting unit and KYD as a store of value.
Is the Cayman Islands Dollar sound money?+
On the Money2069 0–100 sound-money scale, the Cayman Islands Dollar currently scores 95.9. The score weights inflation volatility, 10-year money-supply growth, and 1-year FX stability. Higher = closer to sound. No fiat scores 100 because no fiat has zero issuance.
How does the Cayman Islands Dollar compare to gold or the US dollar?+
Use the table on the listing page to sort all 138 tracked currencies by inflation, 10-year M2 change, or M69 score. Pegged currencies (USD-pegged dirham, riyal, etc.) inherit the dollar's debasement profile; floating currencies tell their own story.
How often is this data updated?+
We pull fresh exchange rates daily from Frankfurter (ECB-sourced) and refresh the inflation series from the World Bank. The page is statically rendered with 24-hour ISR. Source data is publicly accessible via our /api/v1/currencies endpoints.