Regarding the Bank of England, the Item Club said the 2% inflation target had become "a risk to the credibility" of the Bank, and that the target was "long-past its sell-by date".

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In its annual survey work that entailed hundreds of store checks and calls to over 1, 000 consumers, Deutsche Bank found that while consumer electronics were the hot item of the weekend, customers focused on smaller, cheaper items like game consoles, tablets and smaller television sets.

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Credit cards are one way the bank is trying to make up for these fees, an item we discussed in As New Regs Loom, BoA Converts Debit Customers to Credit Cards.

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