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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Action got underway in the primary on Monday as an Iowa school district sold over $100 million of general obligations.
April 22 -
Jonnel Doris, director of the NYC Mayor’s Office of Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises, talks with Chip Barnett about program milestones, procurement goals and the importance of small firms and immigrant owned businesses.
April 18 -
In 2018, employment in New York City hit 4.55 million, the highest jobs level ever recorded, State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said.
April 17 -
Volume for the week is estimated at $3.6 billion with a few notable deals slated for sale.
April 15 -
Municipal supply will slip in the holiday-shortened trading week, but that doesn't mean there won't be things to watch for in the market.
April 12 -
Retail investors got first shot at California’s $2 billion GO deal Wednesday.
April 10 -
The City Council called on de Blasio to increase reserves in the $92.2 billion budget by $250 million.
April 10 -
Underwriters circulated a premarketing wire on California’s $2 billion GOs as the NYC water authority deal came to market.
April 9 -
Siamac Afshar has joined HJ Sims Philadelphia office as vice president of investment banking.
April 9 -
New York City’s water authority kicked off the week by offering bonds to individual investors on Monday.
April 8 -
With plenty of cash looking to go to work, investors are not loving the calendar or what small allocations they will be allotted as we draw near the end of tax season.
April 5 -
Municipals were firm on Thursday as the last of the week’s deals hit the market
April 4 -
Focus remained on the municipal primary as more supply swept into the market on Wednesday.
April 3 -
The Florida Development Finance Corp.’s $1.75 billion bonds for the Virgin Trains USA passenger rail project found $4B of suitors.
April 2 -
The growth in public-private partnerships increases the need to coordinate the infrastructure and public finance teams.
April 2 -
The municipal bond market is facing $100 billion of municipal bond redemptions and implied reinvestments.
April 1 -
Municipal bond volume will fall to $5.5 billion in the upcoming week, with green deals from Illinois and Arizona.
March 29 -
Connecticut’s GOs hit the market on Thursday as municipal buyers snapped up the last of the week’s sizeable deals.
March 28 -
The tax-exempt part of the big Connecticut deal was offered to retail Wednesday as munics continued to rally.
March 27 -
Deals from the NYC TFA, Chicago, Illinois, California, Maryland and Miami-Dade County help satisfy demand.
March 26
