Beyond improving public accounts, a large part of the revenues from high commodity prices were used to increase public spending, although this proportion varied from country to country. At one extreme stands Argentina, with the largest increase in public spending relative to GDP in Latin America (almost ten points).
除用于改善公共账户状况，高价商品所带来的很大一部分收入被用于加大公共开支，尽管增加比例各国不尽相同。 一个极端的例子是阿根廷，其公共开支相对于GDP占比的大幅增加在拉美国家中首屈一指（几乎达到百分之十）。 智利、哥斯达黎加和乌拉圭则是与阿根廷相反的例子。