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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New York City's surplus for Fiscal 2018 will be used to help balance the Fiscal 2019 budget.
June 4 -
Municipal bonds were mixed on Monday ahead of this week’s hefty new issue calendar.
June 4 -
Munis turned mostly weaker on Friday as the market prepared for a fourfold jump in issuance after a holiday shortened week.
June 1 -
Municipal bonds were mostly weaker Friday after a strong employment report and ahead of next week’s almost $10 billion new issue slate.
June 1 -
As the last of the week’s larger new issues came to market, municipal bonds finished stronger on Thursday.
May 31 -
Municipal bonds were stronger at midday, holding onto hefty gains made earlier in the week as the last of the week’s larger deals came to market.
May 31 -
Mayor Bill de Blasio raised both the goal for contract awards to minority and women owned businesses and the amount the firms can borrow.
May 30 -
Municipals participated in a safe-haven trade on Wednesday following the Treasury-led rally on Tuesday.
May 30 -
Municipal bonds on Wednesday added on to the gains made during Tuesday’s rally.
May 30 -
Scott Evans, chief investment officer of New York City’s $194 billion of pension funds, will step down at the end of the fiscal year June 29.
May 29 -
Municipal bond investors reacted cautiously to the rally in Treasurys as they looked for confirmation that the new yield levels are here to stay.
May 29 -
Municipal bonds were trading stronger Tuesday, with yields falling as much as five basis points, according to the MBIS benchmark scale.
May 29 -
The holiday-shortened week with the usual accompanying low issuance shouldn’t overwhelm demand, putting the municipal market in a good spot at midyear.
May 25 -
Municipal bonds were stronger ahead of Friday’s early close as the market will be greeted with $3.4 billion of new issue supply next week.
May 25 -
Attendees at the NYC Comptroller’s MWBE University program were introduced to the Build NYC Resource Corp.'s bond program.
May 24 -
Municipal bonds were mostly stronger in late trading on Thursday as market activity slowed ahead of Friday’s shortened trading session.
May 24 -
Municipal bonds were stronger in late trading as West Virginia and the Regents of the University of California came to market.
May 23 -
Municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session as several big deals hit the market.
May 23 -
West Virginia increased the amount of its competitive sales planned for Wednesday by almost 30% to save money.
May 22 -
The municipal bond market is seeing a second wave of new issue supply hit the screens on Tuesday, led by deals from California and West Virginia issuers.
May 22
