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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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 -
Ronnie Lowenstein has been reappointed as director of the New York City Independent Budget Office.
October 31 -
The Chicago Business Barometer declined to 58.4 in October from 60.4 in September.
October 31 -
The deal’s underwriter cited "market conditions," confirming Chicago’s deal was placed on day-to-day status.
October 31 -
Andrew Rein has been chosen to be the next president of the Citizens Budget Commission.
October 31 -
Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.8%, seasonally adjusted, for the three-month period ending in September.
October 31 -
Private-sector employment was estimated to have risen 227,000 in October, ADP reported.
October 31 -
The NYC comptroller’s report shows 80% of certified MWBE firms are still not receiving any business from the city.
October 30 -
Texas service sector activity continued to expand in September, according the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
October 30 -
The consumer confidence index rose to 137.9 in October from a revised 135.3 in September.
October 30 -
The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index reported a 5.8% annual gain in August, down from 6.0% in July.
October 30 -
Nineteen deals on the schedule are $100 million or larger, including the $1.3 billion Chicago securitization transaction.
October 29 -
Texas factory activity continued to expand in October, although at a slower pace than the previous month.
October 29 -
Municipal bond volume is set to rise in the last week of October.
October 26 -
Municipal bond supply takes a leap forward next week as Chicago’s Sales Tax Securitization Corp.’s $1.31 billion deal headlines the new issue calendar.
October 26 -
Municipals remained mixed as deals from Phoenix airport and Chicago issuers came to market.
October 25
