Chip Barnett is a journalist with almost 50 years of professional experience. He started his career at the Gannett Newspapers in Westchester County, N.Y., working his way up from back-shop compositor to Senior News Editor. Barnett later worked for Thomson Reuters in Manhattan, covering state and local government finance as a Reporter and later Executive Editor for TM3.com and as Editor in Charge of Municipal Finance for Reuters News. Later, he was the Editor of Municipal Finance Today at SourceMedia. Barnett has also worked for DebtWire/Municipals and has written about commercial real estate in South Florida and the Midwest for both The Real Deal and Globe Street. Barnett is currently a Reporter at The Bond Buyer.
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New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority was able to increase the size of its deal by half.
By Chip BarnettJanuary 9 -
Transportation deals from New Jersey and Florida along with sales from Trinity Health and Indiana drew market attention Wednesday.
By Chip BarnettJanuary 9 -
Strategists sang the praises of munis Tuesday as New York and Massachusetts led a pack of new issues into the market.
By Chip BarnettJanuary 8 -
New York and Massachusetts issuers lead the day's big deals as new supply surged into the market.
By Chip BarnettJanuary 8 -
Municipal bonds started off the week stronger ahead of $7.8 billion of new supply.
By Chip BarnettJanuary 7 -
Municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session ahead of this week’s chunky new issue supply slate.
By Chip BarnettJanuary 7 -
The holidays are over and the muni bond market gets set to go back to work.
By Chip BarnettJanuary 4 -
Municipals were slightly weaker Friday in sympathy with Treasuries following a robust jobs report.
By Chip BarnettJanuary 4 -
Investor worries about volatility in the stock market helped keep alive the muni rally on Thursday.
January 3 -
As equities traded lower, municipal bonds rallied along with Treasuries on Thursday.
By Chip BarnettJanuary 3