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 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 -
Municipal market participants are looking forward to seeing even more supply next week.
June 6 -
New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer received several awards for excellence in financial reporting.
June 6 -
BofA Securities priced the county’s $700 million of tax and revenue anticipation notes.
June 5 -
The highest-ranked states were mostly west of the Mississippi River, driven by expanding economies and population growth.
June 5 -
Led by sales in the airport, housing and healthcare sectors, the municipal bond market got some much-needed supply.
June 4 -
Municipal bond buyers are prepared Monday to see almost $7 billion of volume head their way this week.
June 3 -
Weekly bond volume is forecast to hit $6.99 billion in a calendar composed of $4.36 billion of negotiated deals and $2.63 billion of competitive sales.
May 31 -
Justin Land has been appointed president of Wasmer Schroeder effective June 1.
May 31 -
A large industrial revenue bond issue closed out the primary in a holiday-shortened week for the municipal bond market.
May 30 -
Demand for tax-exempt income overwhelmed the usual selling in the secondary market during tax season.
May 29
