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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Top-shelf municipal bond yields dropped as many as five basis points, as about half of the week’s issuance is flowed into the primary market.
By Aaron Weitzman and Chip BarnettOctober 17 -
New York will begin testing self-driving cars early next year — with the first experiments set to be held in Manhattan.
By Chip BarnettOctober 17 -
Municipal market participants have their hands full on Tuesday, as roughly half of the week’s issuance is flowing into the primary market.
By Aaron Weitzman and Chip BarnettOctober 17 -
Municipal bond buyers will be seeing almost $5 billion of bonds hit the market on Tuesday, led by big sales from California and Illinois.
By Chip Barnett and Aaron WeitzmanOctober 17 -
Municipal bonds finished mixed on Monday as an $850M New York City Transitional Finance Authority deal priced for retail investors.
By Chip Barnett and Aaron WeitzmanOctober 16 -
Municipal bonds were unchanged at mid-session as the big New York City Transitional Finance Authority deal was priced for retail investors.
By Chip Barnett and Aaron WeitzmanOctober 16 -
The municipal bond market will see more volume than it has in a while, as almost $10 billion of new deals are set to hit the screens this week.
By Chip Barnett and Aaron WeitzmanOctober 16 -
The primary muni market is set for nearly $10 billion in weekly volume, as deals from Illinois, New York and California dominate the calendar.
By Aaron Weitzman and Chip BarnettOctober 13 -
Top-shelf municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session, according to traders, who are looking ahead to the next week's almost $10 billion new issue slate.
By Chip Barnett and Aaron WeitzmanOctober 13 -
Municipal bond traders on Friday are looking ahead to next week’s new issue slate as yields began the session largely unchanged.
By Chip Barnett and Aaron WeitzmanOctober 13 -
Top-quality municipal bonds ended stronger on Thursday as more than $3 billion of transportation deals hit the market.
By Chip Barnett and Aaron WeitzmanOctober 12 -
Top quality municipal bonds were stronger at midday as two big transportation deals hit the market.
By Chip Barnett and Aaron WeitzmanOctober 12 -
The municipal bond market are seeing the last of the week’s big new issues price on Thursday -- with transportation issues leading the way.
By Chip Barnett and Aaron WeitzmanOctober 12 -
Top-rated municipal bonds ended stronger on Wednesday as new offerings from Texas and California issuers hit traders' screens.
By Chip Barnett and Aaron WeitzmanOctober 11 -
The U.S. Senate’s proposed spending plan would raise the cap on airports' passenger facility charges and expand airport improvement grants.
By Chip BarnettOctober 11 -
Top-rated municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session as action in the primary market heated up.
By Chip Barnett and Aaron WeitzmanOctober 11 -
The municipal bond market is set to see primary action heat up on Wednesday with the pricing of several large deals from issuers in Texas and California.
By Chip Barnett and Aaron WeitzmanOctober 11 -
Top-quality municipal bonds ended stronger on Tuesday, according to traders, who saw the first of the week’s new issues hit the market.
By Chip Barnett and Aaron WeitzmanOctober 10 -
Greg Usry joined MuniRisk Ltd. as head of business development.
By Chip BarnettOctober 10 -
Top-quality municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session, according to traders, who were seeing the first of the week’s new issues move into the market.
By Chip BarnettOctober 10










