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 Conference Board said on Monday that its Employment Trends Index rose to 110.88 in August.
September 10 -
Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s $500 million offering tops the week's muni tote board.
September 7 -
Weekly bond volume is forecast to jump to $6.3 billion from a revised total of $2.3 billion this week.
September 7 -
Municipal bond buyers grabbed deals from New York City and California on Thursday, which were agressively
September 6 -
Municipal bond buyers saw over $2 billion of deals from New York and California come to market on Thursday.
September 6 -
The big New York City and California deals are dominating investors’ attention this week as municipals turned weaker.
September 5 -
The New York City Transitional Finance Authority and the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority were in the market on Wednesday.
September 5 -
Yield and market complexity are top concerns of financial advisors, according to a survey by Columbia Threadneedle Investments.
September 5 -
The 30-year veteran of HJ Sims, Lebenthal, and Bank of America will be responsible for expanding 280 Cap Markets' new issue underwriting business.
September 5 -
The unrestricted cash balance was nearly unchanged from the end of fiscal 2017.
September 5 -
Retail investors lined up to get first crack at the New York City Transitional Finance Authority deal.
September 4 -
The New York City Transitional Finance Authority began the first of a two-day order period geared toward retail investors.
September 4 -
The week’s $3.6 billion new issue calendar will be dominated by New York City and California.
August 31 -
Municipal bond buyers will see $3.6 billion of volume hit the screens during the upcoming holiday-shortened trading week.
August 31 -
The MNI Chicago Business Barometer slipped 1.9 points to a three-month low of 63.6 in August.
August 31 -
Municipal bonds showed strength on Thursday as market participants look ahead to next week.
August 30 -
Municipal bond market participants were wrapping up the last of the week’s primary supply and looking ahead to next week’s holiday-shortened trading week.
August 30 -
Two deals from state issuers came to market on Wednesday as municipal bond buyers were treated to much needed volume.
August 29 -
A Massachusetts negotiated deal and Washington state competitive sales led primary issuance on Wednesday.
August 29 -
Retail buyers hungry for supply took on some of the $727 million of general obligation bonds that Massachusetts offered on Tuesday.
August 28
