List of commodity booms explained

This is a list of economic booms created by physical commodities.

Boom Commodity Type Location Dates
agricultural 1687–1810
metal
metal
metal 1828 – early 1840s
metal 1830–1850
1845 – c. 1870
metal 1848–1855
agricultural
metal 1850–1941
metal Australia 1851–1906
1859 – early 1870s
metal 1860s
metal 1861–64
metal 1864–1867
metal 1870s
fossil fuel 1870s
metal 1874 – c. 1880
agricultural
metal 1870s – 1880s
metal
Bodie gold rush metal 1877–1880
agricultural 1879–1912
Canadian wheat boom wheat agricultural [1] [2]
fossil fuel
fossil fuel 1880s – 1930s
metal 1883–1906
metal 1886
metal 1896–1899
metal 1897 – mid-1920s
metal 1899–1909
metal
fossil fuel 1901 – 1940s
metal 1903 – c. 1930
fossil fuel 1906–1910
metal 1909 – 1950s
metal
Vatukoula gold rush metal 1932
agricultural 1942–1945
fossil fuel 1947 – 1980
agricultural 1951 – late 1950s
fossil fuel 1977–1981
multiple multiple worldwide 1970s
multiple multiple worldwide 2000s
metal worldwide 2005–2007
fossil fuel 2006 – c. 2015
Rhodium bubble[3] metal worldwide (primarily South Africa, Russia) 2008
multiple multiple worldwide 2020s
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Notes and References

  1. The Origins of the Canadian Wheat Boom, 1880-1910. 136188. Ward. Tony. The Canadian Journal of Economics. 1994. 27. 4. 865–883. 10.2307/136188.
  2. The Relevance of the Wheat Boom in Canadian Economic Growth. 134090. Bertram. Gordon W.. The Canadian Journal of Economics. 1973. 6. 4. 545–566. 10.2307/134090.
  3. Web site: Historical Rhodium Charts. Kitco. 19 February 2010.