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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Two New York issuers are making their presence felt on Tuesday as they hit the market with over $2 billion in municipal bonds.
March 13 -
Retail buyers got first dibs on New York City Transitional Finance Authority’s $1 billion of building aid revenue bonds
March 12 -
The New York City Transitional Finance Authority offered $1 billion of its building aid revenue bonds to retail buyers on Monday.
March 12 -
Coming off the biggest volume week of the year, another steady batch of issuance awaits muni traders.
March 9 -
Municipal bond buyers will see a slightly smaller slate of sales next week as supply dipped from this week’s new issue calendar.
March 9 -
This week's big municipal bond deals got a warm reception from buyers as two New York issuers came to market.
March 8 -
The focus in the municipal bond market Thursday was on New York as two issuers sold big deals in the competitive arena.
March 8 -
The municipal bond market was described as "very dead" Wednesday, thanks to low yields, low supply, low participation from retail investors -- and snow.
March 7 -
Maryland sold $525 million of general obligation bonds into a subdued market on Wednesday.
March 7 -
As the New York City Council held its first hearing on Mayor de Blasio’s $88.67 billion preliminary budget, "Washington" and "Albany" loomed over the proceedings.
March 7
