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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NYC Comptroller Stringer is calling on the state legislature to approve a municipal bond act to help the MTA fix "ADA Transit Deserts" that leave senior and disabled New Yorkers stranded.
July 17 -
Municipal bond buyers were rewarded as a bevy of new deals hitting the market on Tuesday.
July 17 -
The week's primary activity got off to a mixed start as the NYC TFA rounded up more retail orders on its big sale.
July 16 -
Municipal bond buyers are patiently awaiting sizable new issues to set the tone for the rest of the week.
July 16 -
In 2016, the NYC Comptroller’s Office awarded more than 30% of underwriter contracts to MWBEs.
July 16 -
Investors began lining up for the New York City Transitional Finance Authority’s nearly $1 billion building aid revenue bond offering on Friday.
July 13 -
Ipreo estimates weekly bond volume at $9.2 billion, consisting of $7.5 billion of negotiated deals and $1.7 billion of competitive sales.
July 13 -
Munis finished mixed as California State, Los Angeles Airport and L.A. County Facilities Inc. hit the market.
July 12 -
New York City’s Department of Finance continues to pay businesses that owe millions of dollars in past due taxes, according to an audit by Comptroller Scott Stringer.
July 12 -
Municipals were mixed at mid-session as the last of the week’s big deals came to market, led by a bond offering out of California and a note sale from Colorado.
July 12 -
Requests for municipal bond identifiers rose in June for the fourth month in a row as the Dormitory Authority of New York sold $1.79 billion of bonds to a supply-starved market.
July 11 -
Municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session as a swell of supply swept into the market on Wednesday.
July 11 -
BlackRock says relative valuations and historical seasonal trends suggest favorable conditions for municipals.
July 10 -
Municipal bond buyers were seeing the first of the week’s deals come to market as two big competitive issues sold.
July 10 -
While munis turned in a mostly solid performance on Monday, a Charles Schwab & Co. report said they are less likely to outperform Treasurys in the second half.
July 9 -
Consumer credit rose $24.56 billion in May to $3.898 trillion, the Federal Reserve reported.
July 9 -
Munis were firm at mid-session as traders get set to see some much-anticipated supply hit the screens this week.
July 9 -
The Conference Board's Employment Trends Index increased to 108.94 in June from 107.72 in May.
July 9 -
Municipal bond activity returns to a near-normal level as a slew of deals heads into the market, led by New York and California issuers.
July 6 -
Ipreo estimates weekly bond volume at $6.6 billion, consisting of $5.5 billion of negotiated deals and $1.2 billion of competitive sales.
July 6
