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East Caribbean Dollar
XCDOECS bloc · Issued by Eastern Caribbean Central Bank
Price (USD)
$0.370370
Inflation (2024)
+6.20%
10y M2 change
+41%
M69 Score
77.3
USD-pegged; 8 territories
Market Cap (USD)
$1.68B
via M2 · 2024
M2 (local currency)
4.54B XCD
current LCU
CPI YoY (2024)
+6.20%
World Bank · annual
Country
OECS bloc
ISO 4217 · XCD
Last Update
2026-04-25
Daily ingest · 02:00 UTC
East Caribbean Dollar M2 money supply
Broad money in XCD (cash + deposits + close substitutes), annual back to ~1960 via World Bank FM.LBL.BMNY.CN. Log scale auto-engages for hyperinflation outliers.
East Caribbean Dollar inflation history
Annual CPI YoY since 2001 — World Bank consumer price index for OECS bloc. Inflation volatility is one of three inputs into the Money2069 sound-money score.
Purchasing power calculator
How much would your East Caribbean Dollar be worth today if you'd held it since…?
100 XCD in 2001 buys today
33.41 XCDworth of goods
Lost 67% of purchasing power since 2001.
To match 2001 purchasing power, you need today
299.32 XCD
46 years of cumulative inflation.
Calculation: cumulative product of (1 + CPI YoY) from the chosen year through 2024. 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 16:10:04
- Country code (ISO 3166-1):
- ATG
Note: USD-pegged; 8 territories
Raw data: /api/v1/currencies/current/XCD
Frequently asked questions
Who issues the East Caribbean Dollar?+
The East Caribbean Dollar (XCD) is issued by Eastern Caribbean Central Bank. As the monetary authority for OECS bloc, it sets policy interest rates, manages foreign reserves, and controls the money supply.
What is the inflation rate of the East Caribbean Dollar?+
Latest available consumer price inflation for the East Caribbean Dollar: 6.20% YoY (2024). Source: World Bank annual series (FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG). Daily-refreshed historical chart on this page.
Has the East Caribbean Dollar been debased?+
Every fiat currency loses purchasing power over time as central banks expand the money supply. M2 has grown by approximately 41% over the past decade. Combined with cumulative inflation, this is the gap between XCD as accounting unit and XCD as a store of value.
Is the East Caribbean Dollar sound money?+
On the Money2069 0–100 sound-money scale, the East Caribbean Dollar currently scores 77.3. 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 East Caribbean 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.