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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As a wave of new municipal bond deals swept into the market, munis weakened in secondary action.
By Chip BarnettMay 15 -
If New York State legalizes marijuana, New York City could see as much as $336 million annually in new tax revenue.
By Chip BarnettMay 15 -
Municipal bonds turned weaker on Tuesday as a wave of deals swept into the market.
By Chip BarnettMay 15 -
Municipal bonds were mixed on Monday as buyers awaited the almost $10 billion of supply set to hit the market this week.
By Chip BarnettMay 14 -
Municipal bond buyers are eagerly awaiting the biggest new issue calendar of the year, as almost $10 billion of supply is slated to hit the market this week.
By Chip BarnettMay 14 -
The municipal bond market is gearing up for the biggest volume week of the year, with issuers estimated to bring just under $10 billion of new paper.
May 11 -
The municipal bond market will see an almost $10 billion new issue calendar next week.
By Chip BarnettMay 11 -
Municipal CUSIP requests signal the market may be in for a rebound in volume.
By Chip BarnettMay 10 -
The municipal market and its participants were peppered with deals during what will go down as the week’s busiest day.
May 9 -
The City Council urged greater transparency and an end to "frontloading" in its response to Mayor Bill de Blasio’s $89.06 billion fiscal 2019 executive budget.
By Chip BarnettMay 9