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![Housing crisis worsens](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Housing crisis worsens
Salvation Army says housing shortage adding "incredible stress" to families as its State of Nation report shows Auckland's crisis worsened by a record near-4000 houses last year.
![Good start to year, traffic index shows](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Good start to year, traffic index shows
The economy was still on a roll as it started 2015, ANZ's Truckometer indicator suggests.
![Global growth quickens on US expansion](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Global growth quickens on US expansion
The global growth scare that's gripped financial markets is looking overblown to some economists.
![Rising house prices 'can't go on forever'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Rising house prices 'can't go on forever'
Finance Minister Bill English has responded to a warning about a “sharp correction” in the housing market, saying that skyrocketing house prices “cannot go on forever”.
![Bernard Hickey: More money feeds bubble](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Bernard Hickey: More money feeds bubble
The money printing by central banks of other nations is dribbling down into our housing market, writes Bernard Hickey.
![Brian Fallow: Key dodges funding issue](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Brian Fallow: Key dodges funding issue
Prime Minister John Key's negative reaction when Local Government New Zealand called for debate on the future funding of councils' activities was facile and myopic.
![$40 billion Maori economy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
$40 billion Maori economy
Three iwi now have assets valued at $2.7b but in the next few years, 30 to 40 will emerge with that financial firepower, one expert says.
![Squeeze on Greece's funding](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Squeeze on Greece's funding
Greece has lost a critical funding artery as the European Central Bank restricts loans to its financial system.
![Brian Fallow: Some productivity gains flowing to labour as well as capital in NZ](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Brian Fallow: Some productivity gains flowing to labour as well as capital in NZ
The belief is taking root, especially in the United States, that a historic decoupling has occurred between growth in labour productivity and workers' incomes.
![Laurence Kubiak: Economic influence of port runs deep](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Laurence Kubiak: Economic influence of port runs deep
The ferry from Half Moon Bay is a kaleidoscope of Auckland on the water.
![Rise in jobseekers lifts unemployment](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Rise in jobseekers lifts unemployment
A surge in the number of job seekers outpaced strong employment growth in the last three months of 2014 and is keeping a lid on pay rises.
![Prices surge at latest dairy auction](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Prices surge at latest dairy auction
Dairy prices spiked higher at this morning's GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) auction, the GDT price index gaining 9.4 per cent since the last sale on January 21.
![Carmel Fisher: It may look bad but we are doing okay](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Carmel Fisher: It may look bad but we are doing okay
The start of 2015 hasn't felt that upbeat. Headlines have tended towards the negative and it's not just because journalists are feeling blue about being inside while the beautiful New Zealand summer....
![NZ commodity prices fall in January](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
NZ commodity prices fall in January
NZ commodity prices fell in January, extending their 12-month slide to about 19 per cent, led by casein, wool, beef and aluminium.
![Auckland housing hit by listings drought](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Auckland housing hit by listings drought
Auckland homeowners are finding themselves unable to sell, because they can't find another place to buy due to a listings drought.
![First-home buyers beat deposit rule](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
First-home buyers beat deposit rule
First-home buyers struggling to get on the property ladder are turning to new builds, which fall outside the high loan-to-value-ratio restrictions.
![Council funding reform plea shot down](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Council funding reform plea shot down
Prime Minister John Key has sprayed cold water on calls for a comprehensive rethink of how local government spending is funded.