A commodities boom propped up the economies of Australia and Canada, for instance.

例如，商品繁荣支撑了澳大利亚和加拿大的经济。

He had a lot of spending on social programmes, which was to a large extent funded by commodities boom in the early years of this century.

他在社会项目上有很多支出，这在很大程度上是由本世纪初商品繁荣提供的。