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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Attention in the municipal market turned to the short-term sector on Thursday.
May 16 -
Municipal bond market participants are keeping one eye on the sale calendar and the other on the equities market.
May 10 -
Transportation issues took center stage in the muni market on Thursday.
May 9 -
JPMorgan Asset Management aims to help financial advisors manage interest risk and duration in their portfolios.
May 9 -
Municipal bond buyers saw more deals come to market on Wednesday as muni yields held in at lower levels.
May 8 -
Council Speaker Corey Johnson hints budget talks will go down to the wire.
May 8 -
Municipal bond buyers saw several large competitive deals come to market on Tuesday.
May 7 -
The 30-day net supply is now at negative $17.2 billion, a muni strategist said on Monday.
May 6 -
Sometimes you can get what you want as well as what you need as muni buyers get set to see $6.5 billion of new issues.
May 3 -
Bond buyers saw the Massachusetts EFA and Milwaukee as the last new deals closed up shop.
May 2 -
On the day the Federal Reserve left rates unchanged, Oregon's Metro sold taxable GOs.
May 1 -
The Philadelphia deal saw robust demand from muni bond buyers on Tuesday.
April 30 -
The municipal bond market is waiting with anticipation for this week's new issues.
April 29 -
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio won praise for cost-cutting but drew criticism for failing to go far enough in preparing for an economic downturn.
April 29 -
Municipal bond buyers will be seeing more than $5 billion of supply headed into the market.
April 26 -
The Muni Forum of N.Y. is presenting awards to industry leaders at its 30th annual awards dinner on May 16.
April 26 -
Municipal bond buyers saw the last of the week’s new issues come to market on Thursday with action dominated by several large California water issuers.
April 25 -
Manufacturing activity grew more modestly in April, the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City announced on Thursday.
April 25 -
More municipal supply hit the market on Wednesday with the University of Connecticut’s $240 million general obligation deal attracting interest.
April 24 -
Municipal bond buyers faced a wide variety of securities that came to market on Monday.
April 23
