New Delhi / Bloomberg India’s monsoon has finally arrived. The annual rains reached the southern state of Kerala on Wednesday, Sunitha Devi, an official with the India Meteorological Department, said by phone from Pune. The normal onset date for the monsoon is June 1 and the agency had said Tuesday that it would probably cover Kerala by June 9. ...

  Tokyo / AFP Japan’s economy expanded at a slightly faster pace than first thought, revised figures showed on Wednesday, knocking hopes that the central bank will unleash fresh stimulus this month. The data were unlikely to inspire renewed faith in Prime Minister’s Shinzo Abe’s faltering growth policies, after Tokyo last week said it would delay a tax hike to ...

  Bloomberg The European Central Bank started buying corporate bonds on Wednesday, according to people familiar with the matter. Purchases included €3 million ($3.4 million) of bonds sold by French utility Engie SA, along with 10-year notes from Telefonica SA, Spain’s biggest telecommunications company, and securities sold by Assicurazioni Generali SpA, Italy’s biggest insurer, said the people, who aren’t authorized ...