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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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 -
Representatives of minority- and women-owned small banks from around the country met to discuss how to expand business opportunities.
May 29 -
Munis are termed rich, but taxables still shine.
May 28 -
The muni market is winding down to a pause for the long holiday weekend and when the market opens back up Tuesday, big deals will be few and far between, but the market will continue its run.
May 24 -
The municipal bond market saw the largest Garvee bond deal so far hit the screens on Thursday.
May 23 -
Municipal bond buyers saw a spate of large new deals hit the market on Wednesday.
May 22 -
A spate of new deals came to market, topped by a New York State green bond deal and an offering from the Arkansas Development Finance Authority.
May 21 -
The ripple effects of Puerto Rico's bankruptcy may be less onerous for state special revenue credits than some investors thought.
May 20 -
New York City’s economy grew 3.0% in the first quarter, Comptroller Scott Stringer reported on Monday.
May 20 -
With Memorial Day and the unofficial start to the summer approaching, the municipal bond market continues to dance to the same old song.
May 17 -
Some municipal market observes hope the mayor's run won't take attention away from the city's $92.5 billion budget.
May 16
