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LONDON, Nov 22 (Reuters) - If you were looking for a klaxon to mark the end of the interest rate cycle, a crushing of currency market volatility rings loudly.Deutsche Bank's CVIX (.DBCVIX) - the currency market's version of Wall St's "fear index" of stock volatility and a weighted average of implied "vol" in nine major pairings - has basically imploded.Subdued since mid-year, the CVIX took another sharp leg lower this month and hit its lowest since mid-February 2022 - just before Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the first of the...

WASHINGTON, Nov 21 (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Reserve officials agreed at their last policy meeting that they would proceed "carefully" and only raise interest rates if progress in controlling inflation faltered, the minutes of the Oct. 31-Nov. 1 gathering showed on Tuesday."All participants agreed that the Committee was in a position to proceed carefully," according to the minutes, which appeared to show support for more rate hikes dissipating within the U.S. central bank's Federal Open Market Committee, and the baseline shifting to one in which its benchmark overnight interest rate...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz reacts as he presides over the "Compact with Africa" investment summit attended by French President Emmanuel Macron, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and African leaders in Berlin, Germany, November 20, 2023. REUTERS/Liesa Johannssen/Pool Acquire Licensing RightsBERLIN, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Germany will invest 4 billion euros in green energy projects in Africa until 2030, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Monday, noting these could in turn help Europe's largest economy achieve its own transition to carbon neutrality.Germany will need to import large quantities of green...