The $2.5 billion question isn't whether the Cayman Islands is a financial powerhouse—it's whether this tiny Caribbean nation can survive without being one.
When Capital Economics dropped its bombshell report last month, revealing that financial services now account for 44% of the Cayman Islands' GDP—higher than the previously calculated 40%—it confirmed what critics have long suspected and defenders have proudly proclaimed: these three islands of 70,000 people manage more wealth than some nations produce in a decade.
