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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Houston issued bonds in the negotiated sector, while Long Beach competitively sold two issues.
August 22 -
The Lone Star State sold $8 billion of notes to buyers with an endless appetite for short-term muni paper.
August 21 -
The municipal team at PIMCO see several areas of opportunity for muni investors in the second half of 2019.
August 20 -
The number of NYC residents receiving cash assistance has dropped to the lowest level since 1963, according to the Independent Budget Office.
August 20 -
Texas issues are headlining this week's slate of supply.
August 19 -
The municipal bond market took a breather on Thursday as the last of the week’s larger deals came and went.
August 15 -
Municipal bonds continued their rally on Wednesday, and pushed tax-free yields to their lowest levels ever.
August 14 -
Deals from Texas and Virginia led the slate of new issues that hit the market on Tuesday.
August 13 -
MarketAxess Holdings will buy LiquidityEdge for $150 million.
August 13 -
Issuers and buyers will both be watching the direction bond yields take this week.
August 12 -
The selection includes Acacia Financial Group and Frasca & Associates, each of which is certified as a women-owned business enterprise and Mohanty Gargiulo, a certified minority- and women-owned business enterprise.
August 9 -
The producer price index data is reinforcing the idea that another rate cut is in the cards.
August 9 -
One "concerning" aspect of New York City’s economic update is a continued loss of financial services jobs.
August 9 -
The number of seasonally adjusted initial jobless claims fell 8,000 to 209,000 in the week ended Aug. 3
August 8 -
The board, voted unanimously to certify that the city’s financial house is in order.
August 8 -
Vinay Kapoor, Americas head of diversity and inclusion at BNP Paribas, talks about the importance of diversity and inclusion in the financial industry, especially for the LGBTQ+ community. Chip Barnett and Gary Siegel host.
August 8 -
The bond market had no problems whatsoever digesting the primary and in the process saw yields drop down ever lower, getting ever closer to all-time lows.
August 7 -
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York said it's looking for a diverse and highly qualified pool of candidates.
August 7 -
The municipal bond market started to see supply come in, as a bunch of deals priced both on the negotiated and competitive sides. Today’s issuance was an appetizer for Wednesday, the main course that looks like it will be the busiest day of the year.
August 6 -
Some analysts say the Fed may move more aggressively to cut interest rates if the trade war heats up more.
August 6
