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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The rush to market ahead of tax reform is set to begin, as a $11.743 billion new issue slate looms for the upcoming week.
By Chip BarnettNovember 22 -
The weekly average yield to maturity of The Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index rose two basis points to 3.95% from 3.93% in the prior week.
By Chip BarnettNovember 21 -
Underwriters priced the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s $2 billion advance refunding deal for institutions on Tuesday, the last big offering of the week.
By Chip BarnettNovember 21 -
The MTA tapped a transportation professional with experience in Toronto and London to spearhead the modernization of New York's subway and bus system.
By Chip BarnettNovember 21 -
Underwriters priced the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s $2.2 billion advance refunding deal for institutions on Tuesday. In secondary trading, municipals turned weaker.
By Chip BarnettNovember 21 -
Underwriters priced the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s $2.2 billion advance refunding deal for institutions on Tuesday. The green bonds were offered to retail buyers on Monday, who ordered about $770 million of the bonds, according to a market source.
By Chip BarnettNovember 21 -
The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s $2.2 billion deal was offered to retail buyers. In secondary trading, municipals were trading mixed at mid-session.
By Chip BarnettNovember 20 -
The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority heads to market on Monday with the week’s biggest deal — a $2 billion green bond offering.
By Chip BarnettNovember 20 -
Muni volume gets a boost during the Thanksgiving holiday week as one of the nation's biggest issuers comes to market with a type of deal that may be banned after this year under pending tax reform legislation.
November 17 -
The municipal bond market is looking ahead to the Thanksgiving week’s $4.2 billion new issue calendar, which is headlined by the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s $2 billion green bond offering.
By Chip BarnettNovember 17 -
After a busy week filled with many new deals, the municipal bond market is looking ahead to the Thanksgiving week’s calendar, which is headlined by the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s $2 billion green bond offering.
By Chip BarnettNovember 17 -
The Chicago Board of Education lowered borrowing costs as it returned to the market on Thursday, selling $1.03 billion of general obligation bonds.
By Chip BarnettNovember 16 -
While some agencies got a grade of A for contracting with minorities, four received an F.
By Chip BarnettNovember 16 -
The Chicago Board of Education made a second run at the primary market on Thursday as it returned to offer $1.03 billion of general obligation bonds to muni buyers.
By Chip BarnettNovember 16 -
The Chicago Board of Education makes a second run at the primary market on Thursday as it returns to offer $857 million of general obligation bonds to muni buyers.
By Chip BarnettNovember 16 -
The plan is up from the previously announced 200,000 homes.
By Chip BarnettNovember 15 -
The Illinois Tollway's $300 million deal and the first part of the Chicago Board of Education’s $922 million bond offering came to market on Wednesday. In secondary trading, municipals were stronger on the day.
By Chip BarnettNovember 15 -
The first part of the Chicago Board of Education’s $922 million bond offering came to market on Wednesday as the board’s $64.9 million of dedicated capital improvement tax bonds were priced.
By Chip BarnettNovember 15 -
Two big deals from Illinois issuers are scheduled for sale on Wednesday as the Chicago Board of Education gets set to hit the market with the first part of its double-barreled offering and Illinois toll bonds are slated to be priced.
By Chip BarnettNovember 15 -
Competitive sales from the states of Washington and Wisconsin and negotiated deals from New York and Illinois issuers dominated Tuesday’s new issue slate.
By Chip BarnettNovember 14












