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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Judy Wesalo Temel, senior vice president at Fiera Capital, talks about the 2020 census and how an undercount could costs some states billions of dollars and affect the credit quality of others. Chip Barnett hosts.
March 26 -
Muni rates and ratios have benefited from macro themes driving rates lower, according to a report released Monday.
March 25 -
Almost $9 billion of municipal bonds are coming to market with deals from a variety of issuers to quench the thirst of buyers experiencing a supply drought.
March 22 -
Municipal bonds remained stronger on Thursday as deals from Indianapolis and California issuers came to market.
March 21 -
In the primary, Academy Securities priced the Calif. Veterans Affairs deal for retail investors on Wednesday.
March 20 -
Municipal bond market participants will be waiting for the Fed's decision on rates and the look ahead.
March 19 -
Municipal bonds held firm Wednesday as deals swarmed into the market from issuers in Virginia, New York and Texas.
March 13 -
The Fed is now estimating household ownership of munis at market value instead of book or face value and has restated historical ownership.
March 12 -
Bond Buyer Northeast Regional Editor Paul Burton explores the state's hot-button issues including pension liability and tolling. Chip Barnett hosts.
March 12 -
Municipal CUSIP requests rose 16.7% in February, signaling possible growth in bond supply.
March 11 -
Academy Securities has hired muni vet Bill Laverty as managing director and head of its municipal underwriting department.
March 11 -
Laura Porter has been named head of U.S. Public Finance at Fitch Ratings.
March 11 -
For the ninth week in a row, cash rushed into municipal bond funds. Analysts explain why.
March 8 -
There are some caveats attached to this traditional axiom on time of the season.
March 7 -
Municipal bond buyers grabbed general obligation bonds from California and New York City on Thursday.
March 6 -
In the first part of a two-part podcast, Emilie Mazzacurati, CEO of Four Twenty Seven, discusses the challenges financial firms and state and local governments face when it comes to climate change, adaptation and resilience. And in a second part, The Bond Buyer's Northeast Regional Editor Paul Burton chats about green bonds, climate change and resilience, and cybersecurity. Chip Barnett hosts.
March 5 -
Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is making an end run around the Trump administration and proposing a legislative solution to jump-start the Gateway project.
March 4 -
The upgrade Friday came as city Comptroller Scott Stinger warned about the use of numerous one-time actions to balance the budget.
March 1 -
Weekly bond volume is estimated at $5.84 billion, consisting of of $4.58 billion of negotiated deals and $1.27 billion of competitive sales.
March 1 -
Muni buyers scrambled to snatch up the last of this week’s new issues on Thursday.
February 28
