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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Suggestive of possible near-term growth in issuance, municipal CUSIP requests rebounded in October.
November 13 -
Municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session as buyers await this week’s new issue supply.
November 13 -
Attention is turning toward the future of funding for the nation’s biggest transit system.
November 13 -
With new optimism for the future of munis following the midterm elections, an active week is in store.
November 9 -
Municipal bond supply takes a big leap forward during next week’s holiday-shortened trading since markets are closed on Monday for Veterans Day.
November 9 -
Gov. Andrew Cuomo credited Lhota for stabilizing the subway system.
November 9 -
Munis ended stronger on a day when activity was muted ahead of the Fed leaving rates unchanged.
November 8 -
Municipal bonds remained stronger, basking in the afterglow of U.S. election results.
November 8 -
Munis were buoyed by election results indicating that infrastructure may be on the Congressional agenda.
November 7 -
Muni activity is being tempered by this week’s election focus, market sources said.
November 6 -
States have reversed deterioration found last May.
November 6 -
The Virginia College Building Authority competitively sold almost $215 million of tax-exempt and taxable revenue bonds.
November 6 -
A lack of depth in the market is partly to blame for low trading activity, according to one manager.
November 5 -
Municipal supply slacks off this week as bond yields continue to inch higher.
November 5 -
The muni market was weaker again Friday, as yields followed Treasurys higher after government data showed strong job growth.
November 2 -
The muni market continued its recent trend of weakening everyday, while the October labor data was strong, with nonfarm payrolls jumping to 250,000 versus the expected number of 190,000.
November 2 -
New York City purchasing managers reported that employment reached another record high level in October.
November 2 -
Employers announced plans to cut 75,644 jobs in October, according to a report released Thursday from Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
November 1 -
Adverse market conditions delayed the $1.3 billion deal from Chicago’s Sales Tax Securitization Corp.
October 31 -
New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer released the city’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for Fiscal Year 2018 on Wednesday.
October 31
