Webinar: The Fed at the Crossroads by Barron's Events

The Fed at the Crossroads

About

Blake Gwinn, head of U.S. Rates Strategy at RBC Capital Markets, writes a weekly commentary appropriately titled Ahead of the Curve. Barron's Senior Managing Editors Lauren Rublin and Ben Levisohn speak with Gwinn after the Federal Reserve's Sept. 16-17 policy meeting and rate-cut decision about the future path of interest rates, the economic outlook, the challenges facing the central bank, and the implications for investors as the labor market weakens and the Fed's dramatis personae shift.

When

Monday, September 22, 2025 · 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time (US & Canada) (GMT -4:00)

Presenters

Blake Gwinn

Head of US Rates Strategy, RBC Capital Markets

Blake Gwinn serves as the Head of US Rates Strategy for RBC Capital Markets. Blake publishes US interest rate forecasts, market commentary, analysis, and trade recommendations and meets regularly with a wide variety of market participants. At the Fed, Blake started as a reserve forecaster, eventually becoming heavily involved in the large-scale asset purchase programs (QE) and management of the Fed’s UST portfolio while also providing market intelligence and analysis for senior policymakers within the Federal Reserve System and US Treasury Department.

Lauren R. Rublin

Senior Managing Editor, Barron's

Lauren R. Rublin is the senior managing editor at Barron's, overseeing Roundtables and Special Projects. She previously worked in book publishing, and at Fairchild Publications and Time Inc.

Ben Levisohn

Deputy Editor, Barron's

Author of the Trader Column & Deputy Editor at Barron's. Ben is a former stock trader who has covered financial markets for The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, and BusinessWeek.

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