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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California came roaring into the market on Tuesday, beating out the storm to appeal to both retail and institutional investors.
March 6 -
Retail investors get first crack at California's general obligation bonds priced on Tuesday.
By Chip BarnettMarch 6 -
Investors will be rewarded for their patience with the year's biggest weekly issuance calendar, including a deal from the market's No. 1 issuer.
March 2 -
While the mood remained tentative on the last day of the week, the municipal market looks forward to the upcoming $7.5 billion of new supply headed its way.
By Chip BarnettMarch 2 -
Municipal bonds held firm Thursday as one trader urged buyers to find opportunities by using an old basketball offensive philosophy.
March 1 -
Municipal bonds were trading firmer Thursday as the last of the week's big deals came to market.
March 1 -
Municipal bond buyers welcomed several big deals on Wednesday as demand outpaced new bond supply.
By Chip BarnettFebruary 28 -
Playing a waiting game on Wednesday, portfolio managers were looking for volume to normalize.
By Chip BarnettFebruary 28 -
Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell’s testimony before Congress was perceived by some market participants as increasing the possibility of a tighter monetary policy.
February 27 -
Fed Chair Powell's Congressional testimony failed to move municipal bond prices ahead of this week's new issue slate.
By Chip BarnettFebruary 27 -
Officials say the law's ban on advance refundings may cost the city $425 million in savings over four years and that changes in state law are needed to offset the damage from the limit on the state and local tax deduction.
By Chip BarnettFebruary 27 -
The municipal market sees a lighter-than-average supply slate of $4.8 billion head their way this week.
By Chip BarnettFebruary 26 -
Comptroller Scott Stringer said the budget cushion in Mayor Bill de Blasio’s preliminary fiscal 2019 budget is inadequate to ward off any problems as New York's economic expansion slows.
By Chip BarnettFebruary 23 -
Market sources say the week's deals will be `well received,' while a new report cast doubt on prospects for a near-term supply pickup.
By Chip BarnettFebruary 23 -
Buyers will vie for about $4.8 billion of bonds next week.
By Chip BarnettFebruary 23 -
In the week ended Feb. 22, the Bond Buyer's yield indexes gain from one to two basis points.
By Chip BarnettFebruary 22 -
New York City had little difficulty completing over $1 billion of bond sales in competitive and negotiated deals on Thursday, even amid concern over rising interest rates.
By Chip BarnettFebruary 22 -
Buyers are watching warily from the sidelines as the deals sell into an uncertain market environment
By Chip BarnettFebruary 22 -
Municipal bond buyers were wary of possible interest rate increases, as issues from Los Angeles, New York and Utah hit the market.
By Chip BarnettFebruary 21 -
The municipal bond market saw more supply sail its way on Wednesday as three big offerings hit the screens.
By Chip BarnettFebruary 21




















