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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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 -
JPMorgan will be first company to develop a major project under New York City’s East Midtown rezoning.
By Chip BarnettFebruary 21 -
The municipal bond market was giving a warm welcome to several new deals that hit the screens on Tuesday.
February 20 -
Municipal bond traders returned from a three-day weekend to see NYC bonds priced for retail investors as big auctions from the Treasury Department loomed.
By Chip BarnettFebruary 20 -
The municipal bond market will see $5.8 billion of new deals hit the screens, somewhat slaking investor's thirst for new supply
By Chip BarnettFebruary 16 -
The muni market to see $5.8 billion of new deals hit the screens next week, somewhat satisfying investors' thirst for new supply.
By Chip BarnettFebruary 16 -
The weekly average yield to maturity of the Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index rose two basis points to 4.00% from 3.98%
By Chip BarnettFebruary 15 -
Puerto Rico's bonds attracted buyers after the governor released a plan that included some debt service payments.
February 15 -
Prices on some Puerto Rico bonds on Thursday continued their week-long rise as buyers showed confidence after hearing some good news coming from the island's government,
By Chip BarnettFebruary 15 -
The municipal bond market has had a rough start to 2018, according to a panel of buy and sell side experts at The Bond Buyer‘s Texas Public Finance Conference in Austin.
By Chip BarnettFebruary 14 -
The municipal bond market on Wednesday was taking stock of Pennsylvania’s successful sale of over $1.5 billion of tobacco bonds.
By Chip BarnettFebruary 14




















