RBA boss responds to critics

Amid disturbing childcare allegations - how do we teach children about body safety? 

Sean Diddy Combs denied bail, despite being found not guilty on the most serious charges. 

The fallout from horrific sexual abuse allegations involving a Melbourne child care worker continues, with the Victorian government launching a wide-ranging review of child care safety. 

The largest US banks have banded together to deposit $30bn into First Republic Bank in an attempt to bolster its finances, the European Central Bank has raised interest rates by half a percentage point, Emmanuel Macron failed a critical parliamentary test and chose to override la ... Show More

Seven of the UK's big banks have passed the Bank of England's latest stress tests, which are designed to assess their ability to withstand a crisis - but only just. Patrick Jenkins discusses the results with Caroline Binham, FT financial regulation correspondent and Stephen Hall ... Show More

Barney Frank was one of the people most responsible for overhauling financial regulation after the 2008 economic crisis. After retiring from Congress, he supported a change to his own law that would benefit midsize banks, and joined the board of such a bank. Last week, that bank ... Show More

The bank's shares plunge by more than 40% as plans for its survival fail to materialise. We ask experts what First Republic's clients can expect as news that the bank might be placed under receivership start to emerge. The US financial sector continues to tremble as the Federal R ... Show More

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Thomas Barkin reiterated policymakers have time to be patient about the timing of rate cuts, pointing to a strong labor market and continued disinflation. He speaks with Bloomberg's Jon Ferro, Lisa Abramowicz, Annmarie Hordern and Michae ... Show More

If a bank has to make a statement about its safety and soundness, that’s usually a bad sign. Sultan Meghji is the former Chief Innovation Officer of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and a professor at  the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University. Ricky Mulv ... Show More

Bank of America chairman and CEO Brian Moynihan says the Fed's rate hikes have successfully slowed down consumer spending. In an exclusive conversation with Bloomberg Wall Street Week host David Westin, he talks about the state of the US consumer, the Fed's inflation fight and Ba ... Show More

 On this edition of Wall Street Week, Mona Mahajan, Edward Jones Sr. Investment Strategist and Greg Peters, PGIM Co-CIO of Fixed Income discuss how bank concerns have rattled Wall Street. Sam Palmisano, and Former US Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers warns of the danger of c ... Show More

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester said under-tightening interest rates would be “a worse mistake” than raising them too much. She speaks with Bloomberg's Michael McKee. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.