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 Ferry's ridership is expected to surge to about 9 million a year.
May 3 -
Demand for municipal bonds is high, with one factor keeping munis from the volatility being experienced in other markets.
May 3 -
Munis followed Treasurys after the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged and tweaked its statement on inflation.
May 2 -
Caution is the watchword in the municipal market on Wednesday as participants await details of the Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting.
May 2 -
Municipal bonds were mixed in late trading on Tuesday as several large deals hit the screens, led by issuers in New York and Maryland.
May 1 -
Tax resources are about one-third higher than a decade ago, while pension actuarially determined contributions are up 74%, a Fitch report shows.
May 1 -
Tuesday opened with a positive tone in the municipal bond market with a forecast of heavy demand and strong technicals going into the reinvestment season.
May 1 -
Derek McNeil rejoins Siebert Cisneros Shank & Co.'s municipal finance division after a stint at Morgan Stanley.
May 1 -
Munis were stronger Monday as bond buyers kept an eye on the Federal Reserve policy makers' meeting.
April 30 -
Municipal bond buyers are awaiting this week’s new issue supply as they keep both eyes firmly on the Federal Open Market Committee’s monetary policy meeting.
April 30 -
Weekly municipal bond volume will be down with the Federal Open Market Committee set to meet, though no interest rate increase is expected.
April 27 -
New York City's executive budget came under fire for increasing spending and setting aside too little in reserves for cuts from Washington and uncertain times ahead.
April 27 -
The municipal bond market will see a light new issue calendar next week as the Federal Reserve meeting on monetary policy puts a damper on new debt issuance.
April 27 -
Municipal bonds steadied after sliding the previous day, as the last of the week’s new issuance came to market.
April 26 -
Munis were stronger on Thursday as the last of the week's supply slipped into the market.
April 26 -
Municipal bonds were weaker Tuesday as Illinois sold $500 million of bonds and the N.Y.&N.J. Port Authority deal was priced.
April 25 -
The recent performance of munis has reset relative valuations to more attractive levels, according to BlackRock's Peter Hayes.
April 25 -
Municipal bond buyers had billions of new paper flow into the primary market - which took it all down but overall the market was weaker for the second day in a row as Treasury yields continue to climb.
April 24 -
Municipal bond buyers had a wide variety of offerings to choose from on Tuesday.
April 24 -
The budget watchdog formed a committee to seek Kellermann's replacement.
April 23
