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 U.S. economy is expanding even as some data hint at possible future weaknesses.
June 27 -
Charles Gasparino of FOX Business Network talks with Chip Barnett about the role municipal bonds play in the U.S. and how the market has changed over the years. He gives a look back at New York City's finances as well as the best ways to approach infrastructure spending across the country.
June 27 -
Buyers of short-term municipal paper were treated to over $1.5 billion of notes from a big California issuer on Wednesday.
June 26 -
Municipal deals flowed into the market on Tuesday, led by offerings from New York City, Ohio and Illinois issuers.
June 25 -
German Ramirez and Richard Prann of HJ Sims talk from Puerto Rico about the situation on the island and discuss COFINA and the IRS, what's new with the GDB bonds and with the commonwealth's GOs. Chip Barnett hosts.
June 25 -
As expectations for a Fed rate cut grow, muni supply shrinks amid rising demand for bonds.
June 24 -
Heading into the midway point of 2019, munis continue to be in a good place and show no signs of slowing in terms of strong technicals.
June 21 -
The Peach State hit the municipal market with a bevy of bond sales on Wednesday.
June 19 -
ICE Data Services launched its ICE US Broad Municipal Index, which tracks the performance of over 58,000 investment-grade tax-exempt munis.
June 19 -
The municipal bond market went back to school on Tuesday as the Federal Reserve met in Washington.
June 18 -
The Federal Open Market Committee is meeting this week and the muni market is looking for rate cut signals.
June 17 -
The FY 2020 budget adds $250 million in new reserves to the executive budget Mayor Bill de Blasio presented in April.
June 17 -
Another big week lies in store for the municipal bond market, with a variety of big name issuers ready to sell bonds.
June 14 -
The supply-demand imbalance, a long-term volume horoscope and valuing climate change were among the topics debated at The Bond Buyer's Midwest Conference.
June 13 -
Price guidance was issued on the Fla. DFA's $950M deal for Virgin Trains, which is expected to price on Thursday.
June 12 -
The first of the week’s new-issue slate sold on Tuesday, led by deals from issuers in California, New York and Ohio.
June 11 -
But size isn't everything as the value of the municipal bond market increased.
June 10 -
The municipal bond market watched and waited on Monday as President Trump lamented his lack of control over monetary policy as data show the economy humming along.
June 10 -
Investors will see nearly $10 billion of weekly bond volume in a calendar composed of $6.4 billion of negotiated deals and $3.4 billion of competitive sales.
June 7 -
The weekly average yield to maturity of The Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index slipped to 3.71% from 3.74%.
June 6
