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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All eyes — including the president's — are turning to the September monetary policy meeting.
August 1 -
In a special bonus podcast, the Federal Reserve's latest move on interest rate cuts come into focus. Fox Business Network correspondent Edward Lawrence in Washington joins Chip Barnett in New York to talk about what the FOMC move means and what the Fed may have in store for the rest of this year.
August 1 -
Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell defended the 25 basis point rate cut in the face of a resilient economy and refused to speculate about future moves.
July 31 -
Politics and economics clash as policy makers meet on possible rate cut.
July 30 -
Phil Fischer had been head of municipal research at the firm since 2013, following 22 years at Merrill Lynch.
July 29 -
As July winds down, muni issuance will be muffled thanks to the FOMC's monetary policy meeting.
July 26 -
Connecticut on Thursday sold its first bond offering since it passed a budget last month.
July 25 -
Municipal bond buyers saw more supply come to market in Wednesday as retail investors kept up their confidence in tax-free bond funds.
July 24 -
Moody’s has acquired a majority stake in Four Twenty Seven, a provider of data and analysis on climate risks.
July 24 -
Investor demand for New York City bonds allowed underwriters to move the sale up by a day.
July 23
