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(Reuters) -The Federal Reserve appears to be on the threshold of ending a historic streak of losses, which in turn could get it back on track to returning cash to the Treasury somewhere down the line, analysts at Morgan Stanley said in a note on Monday. At issue is the relationship between how the Fed makes money to fund its operations and the cash it pays as part of the system to maintain control over short-term interest rates. Aggressive rate rises starting three years ago tipped Fed books deeply into the red and now, with short-term rates down, the investment bank believes the Fed is hovering near the point where it can earn money again.

President Donald Trump urged the Federal Reserve on Monday to lower interest rates after the U.S. central bank last week kept them unchanged. "I'd like to see the Fed lower interest rates," Trump said during a meeting with his cabinet at the White House.

Banking has driven a surprise rebound in private sector growth as lower interest rates encouraged Britons to take out more mortgages, according to an influential survey of businesses.

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Russia's central bank has warned the Kremlin's policy makers the United States and OPEC have the capacity to flood the oil market and cause a repeat of the prolonged price collapse of the 1980s - which contributed to the downfall of the Soviet Union. The warning came weeks before Russian and U.S. Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump began talks to end the war in Ukraine. Trump has warned he could impose further sanctions on Russia if there was no peace deal.

Commonwealth Business Bank applied to open a branch in New Jersey last September, but one adverse comment routed the application to the central bank’s board for review and vote, the potential supervision czar said.