vince reinhart used to work for the fed and was at that jackson hole event. i talked with him a short while ago and asked for his reaction to bernanke's plan of action. >> chairman bernanke was trying to control a reputational risk. people expect the federal reserve to do something. he showed he was responsive. he showed he was even-handed, but also symmetric about the outlook. he talked the outlook up a little bit. he was a little more positive than maybe the incoming data warrant, but he also said the fed stood willing to act if necessary. >> suzanne: vince, bernanke said the fed would take action if the economy were to deteriorate. what would trigger that? would it be a higher unemployment rate? >> so the fed's got a dual mandate-- employment and stable prices. so the risks could come either from payroll employment, or the unemployment rises and stays there or inflation coming down even further. >> susie: now, we saw this week the-- more and more economists were revising their forecast and saying the risk of a double-dip recession have gotten greater. bern