Bloomberg The European Central Bank bought notes in the region’s corporate bond markets for a second day. Purchases included securities issued by troubled German carmaker Volkswagen AG; Continental AG, Europe’s second-biggest car-parts maker; and French mobile company Orange SA. ECB President Mario Draghi expanded the bond-buying program he started on Wednesday to stimulate the region’s flagging economy. He’s casting ...

  Bloomberg Mario Draghi called on politicians to help the European Central Bank’s bid to restore economic health to the region by accelerating reforms. “There are many understandable political reasons to delay structural reform, but there are few good economic ones,” the ECB president said in a speech in Brussels on Thursday. “The cost of delay is simply too high.” ...

  Bloomberg Brazil kept borrowing costs unchanged as a new central bank president is set to take over the challenge of slowing inflation to target without exacerbating the worst recession in over a century. Policy makers, led by departing bank President AlexandreTombini, on Wednesday voted unanimously to keep the Selic at a near-decade high of 14.25 percent for a seventh ...