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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BofA and JPMorgan won Baltimore County, Md.'s $490 million competitive bond sales.
By Chip Barnett and Aaron WeitzmanFebruary 28 -
In an historic election result, two African-American women will face off in a runoff election to become the next mayor of Chicago. Yvette Shields talks with Chip Barnett about what this means for the municipal bond market and why it matters to bondholders.
By Yvette Shields and Chip BarnettFebruary 28 -
New York City and Los Angeles issuers came to market on Wednesday.
By Chip Barnett and Aaron WeitzmanFebruary 27 -
Municipal bond buyers were rewarded with much-awaited supply, as deals from New York City and Intel hit the market.
By Chip BarnettFebruary 27 -
Ohio and Nevada issuers came to market with a water deals as municipal bonds showed off their strength.
By Chip Barnett and Aaron WeitzmanFebruary 26 -
Municipals were stronger as issues in Ohio and Nevada came to market
By Chip BarnettFebruary 26 -
The demand component of the municipal bond market is continuing to drive firm prices,
February 25 -
Municipals remained strong on Monday as a Wisconsin school district sold GOs in the primary market.
By Chip BarnettFebruary 25 -
IHS Markit Ipreo forecasts weekly bond volume will increase to $4.9 billion.
By Chip Barnett and Aaron WeitzmanFebruary 22 -
Municipal bond buyers are looking forward to a more robust new issue slate for next week.
By Chip BarnettFebruary 22 -
The weekly average yield to maturity of The Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index was unchanged from 4.06% in the previous week.
By Chip BarnettFebruary 21 -
Municipal bond buyers gave a warm reception to the two deals totaling $473 million.
By Chip Barnett and Aaron WeitzmanFebruary 21 -
Municipal bond buyers saw new issue supply rise on Thursday, led by issues in Louisiana and North Carolina.
By Chip Barnett and Aaron WeitzmanFebruary 21 -
Paul Daley, managing director at BondWave, discusses how studying fixed-income trading patterns can improve municipal bond trading decisions. Chip Barnett hosts.
By Chip BarnettFebruary 21 -
Seasonal trends have favored munis so far this year, according to Blackrock's Peter Hayes.
By Chip Barnett and Aaron WeitzmanFebruary 20 -
A big competitive sale from a Texas issuer hit the screens on Wednesday,
By Chip BarnettFebruary 20 -
New York City's gross city product grew 3.9% in the fourth quarter of 2018.
By Chip BarnettFebruary 19 -
Portfolio managers look likely to drive demand for this week’s new issue slate, which totals under $3 billion.
February 19 -
Munis showed strength as traders returned to work on Tuesday after the three-day holiday weekend.
By Chip Barnett and Christine AlbanoFebruary 19 -
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp.'s restructured bonds started actively trading on Friday.
By Chip Barnett and Aaron WeitzmanFebruary 15



















