Bernanke Will Meet Senators in Private on Sept. 19

Ben S. Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, will meet with the Senate Finance Committee privately on Sept. 19 to discuss the economy and the so-called fiscal cliff set for the end of the year, the panel said.

If Congress doesn’t act, more than $600 billion in automatic tax increases and spending cuts will take effect starting in January. That is one of the “main sources of risk” facing the U.S. economy, Bernanke has said.