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Cayman Islands Dollar

KYD

Cayman 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

Central Bank

Cayman Islands Monetary Authority

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Country

Cayman Islands

ISO 4217 · KYD

Last Update

2026-07-28

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 2010 — 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…?

Amount in KYDIn yearRange: 2010 – 2016

100 KYD in 2010 buys today

97.14 KYDworth of goods

Lost 3% of purchasing power since 2010.

To match 2010 purchasing power, you need today

102.94 KYD

6 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, Exchange Rate API fallback
CPI YoY:: World Bank FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · annual
M2 broad money:: IMF / central-bank monthly · World Bank annual fallback (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:: 2026-07-28 02:01:24
Country code (ISO 3166-1):: CYM

Note: USD-pegged

Raw data: /api/v1/currencies/current/KYD · Rates by Exchange Rate API

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), with Exchange Rate API covering currencies the ECB doesn't quote, 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.

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