station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt tom: good evening and thanks for joining us. ben bernanke delivered a grim assessment on the u.s. economy today. speaking to lawmakers on capitol hill today, sluggish and slow were two words he used to describe economic conditions. susie: the federal reserve chairman promised that the central bank will be ready to act, if necessary. but he called on congress to do its part to help the economy, specifically coming up with a long-term deficit reduction plan. tom: bernanke admitted u.s. policy makers face tough economic choices, but added those choices cannot be postponed. darren gersh reports. reporter: the key part of federal reserve chairman ben bernanke s message today came when he was asked about the impact of operation twist, the fed s program to bring down long-term interest rates. i think it ll help somewhat on job creation and growth. it ll be particularly important now that the econo
nightly business report is made possible by: this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt tom: good evening and thanks for joining us. ben bernanke delivered a grim assessment on the u.s. economy today. speaking to lawmakers on capitol hill today, sluggish and slow were two words he used to describe economic conditions. susie: the federal reserve chairman promised that the central bank will be ready to act, if necessary. but he called on congress to do its part to help the economy, specifically coming up with a long-term deficit reduction plan. tom: bernanke admitted u.s. policy makers face tough economic choices, but added those choices cannot be postponed. darren gersh reports. reporter: the key part of federal reserve chairman ben bernanke s message today came when he was asked about the impact of operation twist, the fed s program to bring down long-term interest rates.
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt tom: good evening and thanks for joining us. ben bernanke delivered a grim assessment on the u.s. economy today. speaking to lawmakers on capitol hill today, sluggish and slow were two words he used to describe economic conditions. susie: the federal reserve chairman promised that the central bank will be ready to act, if necessary. but he called on congress to do its part to help the economy, specifically coming up with a long-term deficit reduction plan. tom: bernanke admitted u.s. policy makers face tough economic choices, but added those choices cannot be postponed. darren gersh reports. reporter: the key part of federal reserve chairman ben bernanke s message today came when he was asked about the impact of operation twist, the fed s program to bring down long-term interest rates. i think it ll help somewhat on job creation and