The 90 days have now passed, and it is obvious to many policymakers that a recession exists because consumers are spending less. As a result of these data, the government passes a law that creates an office that will give everyone $3,000 they must spend. This office will take 9 months to create and for hiring the necessary personnel. How would the economy change in this second time period, where the data now have convinced all the policymakers that a recession exists and where the government passed a law to start expansionary fiscal policies, but the money hasn't been distributed yet

Assume that a local bank sells two services, checking accounts and atm card services. the bank’s only two customers are mr. donethat and ms. beenthere. mr. donethat is willing to pay $8 a month for the bank to service his checking account and $2 a month for unlimited use of his atm card. ms. beenthere is willing to pay only $5 for a checking account, but is willing to pay $9 for unlimited use of her atm card. assume that the bank can provide each of these services at zero marginal cost. refer to scenario 17-5. if the bank is unable to use tying, what is the profit-maximizing price to charge for a checking account