List of commodity booms
This is a list of economic booms created by physical commodities.
Boom | Commodity | Type | Location | Dates |
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First Chilean wheat cycle | wheat | agricultural | Chile | 1687–1810 |
Brazilian Gold Rush | gold | metal | Brazil | 18th century |
Carolina gold rush | gold | metal | North Carolina, US | early 19th century |
Georgia Gold Rush | gold | metal | Georgia, US | 1828 – early 1840s |
Chilean silver rush | silver | metal | Chile | 1830–1850 |
Guano Era | guano | soft commodity | Peru | 1845 – c. 1870 |
California gold rush | gold | metal | California, US | 1848–1855 |
Second Chilean wheat cycle | wheat | agricultural | Chile | mid-19th century – 1870s |
British Columbia gold rushes | gold | metal | British Columbia, Canada | 1850–1941 |
Australian gold rushes | gold | metal | Australia | 1851–1906 |
Pennsylvania oil rush | petroleum | fossil fuel | northwestern Pennsylvania, US | 1859 – early 1870s |
Otago gold rush | gold | metal | Central Otago, New Zealand | 1860s |
Colorado River mining boom | gold | metal | Southwestern US | 1861–64 |
West Coast gold rush | gold | metal | West Coast, New Zealand | 1864–1867 |
Lapland gold rush | gold | metal | Lapland, Finland | 1870s |
Azerbaijan oil boom | petroleum | fossil fuel | Azerbaijan | 1870s |
Black Hills gold rush | gold | metal | Dakota Territory, US | 1874 – c. 1880 |
Patagonian sheep farming boom | wool, mutton | agricultural | Patagonia | late 19th to early 20th century |
Coromandel Gold Rushes | gold | metal | Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand | 1870s – 1880s |
Cripple Creek Gold Rush | gold | metal | Cripple Creek, Colorado, US | late 19th to early 20th century |
Bodie gold rush | gold | metal | Bodie, California, US | 1877–1880 |
First Amazon rubber boom | rubber | agricultural | Amazon basin | 1879–1912 |
Canadian wheat boom | wheat | agricultural | Canada, especially Prairie Provinces | circa 1880 to 1910, and 1914 to 1921[2][3] |
Indiana gas boom | natural gas | fossil fuel | Indiana, US | early 1880s – early 20th century |
Ohio oil rush | petroleum | fossil fuel | Northwest Ohio, US | 1880s – 1930s |
Tierra del Fuego gold rush | gold | metal | Tierra del Fuego | 1883–1906 |
Witwatersrand Gold Rush | gold | metal | South Africa | 1886 |
Klondike Gold Rush | gold | metal | Klondike, Yukon, Canada | 1896–1899 |
Mount Baker gold rush | gold | metal | Whatcom County, Washington, US | 1897 – mid-1920s |
Nome Gold Rush | gold | metal | Nome, Alaska, US | 1899–1909 |
Fairbanks Gold Rush | gold | metal | Fairbanks, Alaska, US | early 1900s |
Texas oil boom | petroleum | fossil fuel | Texas, US | 1901 – 1940s |
Cobalt silver rush | silver | metal | Cobalt, Ontario, Canada | 1903 – c. 1930 |
Stoy, Illinois oil boom | petroleum | fossil fuel | Stoy, Illinois, US | 1906–1910 |
Porcupine Gold Rush | gold | metal | Northern Ontario, Canada | 1909 – 1950s |
Kakamega gold rush | gold | metal | Kakamega, Kenya | early 1930s |
Vatukoula gold rush | gold | metal | Vatukoula, Fiji | 1932 |
Second Amazon rubber boom | rubber | agricultural | Amazon basin | 1942–1945 |
Alberta conventional oil boom | petroleum | fossil fuel | Alberta, Canada | 1947 – 1980 |
New Zealand wool boom | wool | agricultural | New Zealand | 1951 – late 1950s |
Mexican oil boom | petroleum | fossil fuel | Mexico | 1977–1981 |
1970s commodities boom | multiple | multiple | worldwide | 1970s |
2000s commodities boom | multiple | multiple | worldwide | 2000s |
Uranium bubble of 2007 | uranium | metal | worldwide | 2005–2007 |
North Dakota oil boom | petroleum, shale gas | fossil fuel | North Dakota, US | 2006 – c. 2015 |
Rhodium bubble[4] | rhodium | metal | worldwide (primarily South Africa, Russia) | 2008 |
2020s commodities boom | multiple | multiple | worldwide | 2020s |
References
- ^ "NUEXCO Exchange Value (Monthly Uranium Spot)". Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
- ^ Ward, Tony (1994). "The Origins of the Canadian Wheat Boom, 1880-1910". The Canadian Journal of Economics. 27 (4): 865–883. doi:10.2307/136188. JSTOR 136188.
- ^ Bertram, Gordon W. (1973). "The Relevance of the Wheat Boom in Canadian Economic Growth". The Canadian Journal of Economics. 6 (4): 545–566. doi:10.2307/134090. JSTOR 134090.
- ^ "Historical Rhodium Charts". Kitco. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
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(1000–1760)
- Tulip mania (1634–1637)
- Mississippi bubble (1684–1720)
- South Sea bubble (1711–1720)
- Bengal Bubble of 1769 (1757–1769)
(1760–1840)
- Canal Mania (c. 1790–c. 1810)
- Carolina gold rush (1802–1825)
- 1810s Alabama real estate bubble
- Georgia Gold Rush (1828–c. 1840)
- 1830s Chicago real estate bubble
- Chilean silver rush (1830–1850)
- Railway Mania (c. 1840–c. 1850)
- California gold rush (1848–1855)
- Queen Charlottes Gold Rush (1851)
- Victorian gold rush (1851–c. 1870)
- New South Wales gold rush (1851–1880)
- Australian gold rushes (1851–1914)
- Fraser Canyon Gold Rush (1858)
- Pike's Peak gold rush (1858–1861)
- Rock Creek Gold Rush (1859)
- Pennsylvania oil rush (1859–1891)
- Similkameen Gold Rush (1860)
- Stikine Gold Rush (1861)
- Colorado River mining boom (1861–1864)
- Otago gold rush (1861–1864)
- Cariboo Gold Rush (1861–1867)
- First Nova Scotia Gold Rush (1861–1874)
- West Coast gold rush (1864–1867)
- Big Bend Gold Rush (c. 1865)
- Vermilion Lake gold rush (1865–1867)
- Kildonan Gold Rush (1869)
- Omineca Gold Rush (1869)
(1870–1914)
- 1870s Lapland gold rush
- Coromandel Gold Rushes (c. 1870–c. 1890)
- Cassiar Gold Rush (c. 1870–c. 1890)
- Black Hills gold rush (1874–1880)
- Colorado Silver Boom (1879–1893)
- Western Australian gold rushes (c. 1880–c. 1900)
- Indiana gas boom (c. 1880–1903)
- Ohio oil rush (c. 1880–c. 1930)
- Tierra del Fuego gold rush (1883–1906)
- Cayoosh Gold Rush (1884)
- Witwatersrand Gold Rush (1886)
- Encilhamento (1886–1890)
- Cripple Creek Gold Rush (c. 1890–c. 1910)
- Klondike Gold Rush (1896–1899)
- Second Nova Scotia Gold Rush (1896–1903)
- Kobuk River Stampede (1897–1899)
- Mount Baker gold rush (1897–c. 1925)
- Nome Gold Rush (1899–1909)
- Fairbanks Gold Rush (c. 1900–1918)
- Texas oil boom (1901–1918)
- Cobalt silver rush (1903–1918)
- Porcupine Gold Rush (1909–1918)
(1918–1939)
- 1920s Florida land boom (c. 1920–1925)
- Fairbanks Gold Rush (1918–c. 1930)
- Texas oil boom (1918–1945)
- Cobalt silver rush (1918–c. 1930)
- Porcupine Gold Rush (1918–1945)
- 1930s Kakamega gold rush
- Third Nova Scotia Gold Rush (1932–1942)
(1945–1973)
- Texas oil boom (1945–c. 1950)
- Porcupine Gold Rush (1945–c. 1960)
- Poseidon bubble (1969–1970)
(1973–1982)
- 1970s commodities boom
- Mexican oil boom (1977–1981)
- Silver Thursday (1980)
- New Zealand property bubble (c. 1980–1982)
Great Regression
(1982–2007)
- 1980s oil glut
- New Zealand property bubble (1982–)
- Spanish property bubble (1985–2008)
- Japanese asset price bubble (1986–1990)
- Dot-com bubble (1995–2000)
- Baltic states housing bubble (2000–2006)
- Irish property bubble (c. 2000–2007)
- 2000s commodities boom (2000–2008)
- 2000s Danish property bubble (2001–2006)
- United States housing bubble (2002–2006)
- Romanian property bubble (2002–2007)
- Polish property bubble (2002–2008)
- Canadian property bubble (2002–)
- Chinese property bubble (2005–2011)
- Lebanese housing bubble (2005–2008)
(2007–present)
- 2000s commodities boom (2008–2014)
- Lebanese housing bubble (2008–)
- Corporate debt bubble (2008–)
- Australian property bubble (2010–)
- Cryptocurrency bubble (2011–)
- Everything bubble (2020–21)