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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Municipal bonds were stronger at midday, holding onto hefty gains made earlier in the week as the last of the week’s larger deals came to market.
By Chip BarnettMay 31 -
Mayor Bill de Blasio raised both the goal for contract awards to minority and women owned businesses and the amount the firms can borrow.
By Chip BarnettMay 30 -
Municipals participated in a safe-haven trade on Wednesday following the Treasury-led rally on Tuesday.
May 30 -
Municipal bonds on Wednesday added on to the gains made during Tuesday’s rally.
By Chip BarnettMay 30 -
Scott Evans, chief investment officer of New York City’s $194 billion of pension funds, will step down at the end of the fiscal year June 29.
By Chip BarnettMay 29 -
Municipal bond investors reacted cautiously to the rally in Treasurys as they looked for confirmation that the new yield levels are here to stay.
May 29 -
Municipal bonds were trading stronger Tuesday, with yields falling as much as five basis points, according to the MBIS benchmark scale.
May 29 -
The holiday-shortened week with the usual accompanying low issuance shouldn’t overwhelm demand, putting the municipal market in a good spot at midyear.
May 25 -
Municipal bonds were stronger ahead of Friday’s early close as the market will be greeted with $3.4 billion of new issue supply next week.
By Chip BarnettMay 25 -
Attendees at the NYC Comptroller’s MWBE University program were introduced to the Build NYC Resource Corp.'s bond program.
By Chip BarnettMay 24