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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Florida led the nation in payroll growth in July, Wells Fargo said in a Friday report, which noted most of the upturn was in the healthcare and professional and the scientific and technical services sectors while leisure and hospitality shed jobs.
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New York deals dominated the top ranks of regional issuers in the first half of 2023 even as supply sank around the Northeast and around the country.
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For the three-month period ending June 30, the fund's investments returned about 3.08%.
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The affirmation reflects Florida's "sound financial management practices, high gap-closing capacity and reserves, and low long-term liability," Fitch said.
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Despite looming economic and social challenges, New York City's economy has proven to be more resilient than projected, New York's comptrollers Brad Lander and Thomas DiNapoli say.
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"The main climate factors expected to influence the 2023 Atlantic hurricane activity are the ongoing El Nino and the warm phase of the Atlantic Multi-Decadal Oscillation, including record-warm Atlantic sea surface temperatures," said NOAA's Matthew Rosencrans.
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"Weaker performance is in part driven by higher permanent labor costs," Moody's said. "These elements highlight rising human capital and financial strategy risks under Moody's ESG classification and are key drivers of this rating action."
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Costs associated with the influx of migrants could cost the city more than $12 billion over fiscal 2023, 2024 and 2025.
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The firm named Matt O'Connor to be head of its soon-to-be-opened Miami office and picked Annabella Espina to be its chief operating officer.
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Zucker has over 46 years of experience in housing finance. He was the first chairman of the bond finance practice division of the Forum of Affordable Housing and Community Development Law of the American Bar Association.
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