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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The municipal bond market is expected to remain quiet on Friday, ahead of next week’s new issue slate.
By Chip Barnett and Aaron WeitzmanJuly 28 -
Top-rated municipal bonds ended weaker on Thursday, traders said, as primary offerings dwindled down to a few last big deals.
By Chip Barnett and Aaron WeitzmanJuly 27 -
Top-rated municipal bonds were mixed at midday, traders said, as primary offerings dwindled to a few large deals.
By Chip Barnett and Aaron WeitzmanJuly 27 -
The municipal market will see primary offerings dwindle down to a few large deals on Thursday as traders keep a wary eye on bond yields.
By Chip Barnett and Aaron WeitzmanJuly 27 -
New York City’s $87.96 billion budget for fiscal 2018 shows “a responsible increase” of 2.8% from the adjusted 2017 budget, according to an analysis done by New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer.
By Chip BarnettJuly 26 -
Top quality municipal bonds finished mixed on Wednesday, as the Federal Reserve voted to keep interest rates unchanged.
By Chip Barnett and Aaron WeitzmanJuly 26 -
To celebrate, NYC Ferry is offering half price draft beverages on all ships equipped with concessions.
By Chip BarnettJuly 26 -
The municipal bond market is ready for the New York City deal to be priced for institutions on Wednesday as traders eye the direction of bond yields.
By Chip Barnett and Aaron WeitzmanJuly 26 -
Top-rated municipal bonds ended weaker on Tuesday, according to traders, as deals from New York City, Philadelphia and the Port of Seattle hit the market.
By Chip Barnett and Aaron WeitzmanJuly 25 -
Top-rated municipal bonds were weaker at mid-session, according to traders, who saw deals from New York City and Philadelphia hit the market.
By Chip Barnett and Aaron WeitzmanJuly 25 -
Although total weekly volume is expected to be low, municipal bond traders will start the week running, with a few deals expected to price on Monday.
By Aaron Weitzman and Chip BarnettJuly 24 -
The drop in issuance comes despite a decline in yields over the past week that made the market issuer-friendly.
By Aaron Weitzman and Chip BarnettJuly 21 -
Top shelf municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session, according to traders, who are looking ahead to next week’s smaller-than-average new issue calendar, which Ipreo estimates at $4.24 billion.
By Chip BarnettJuly 21 -
Municipal bond traders on Friday are already looking ahead to next week’s smaller-than-average new issue calendar, which will be topped by New York City’s big general obligation bond sale.
By Chip BarnettJuly 21 -
Top-rated municipal bonds ended stronger on Thursday, traders said, as investors snapped up debt from the Tar Heel state.
By Chip BarnettJuly 20 -
Top-rated municipal bonds were stronger at midday, traders said, as North Carolina competitively sold more than $550 million of bonds.
By Chip BarnettJuly 20 -
Municipal bond traders will be seeing the last of this week’s larger deals come to market on Thursday, with North Carolina competitively selling more than $550 million of bonds in a single offering.
By Chip BarnettJuly 20 -
Top-quality municipal bonds ended stronger on Wednesday, according to traders, as deals from Virginia and Georgia issuers hit the market.
By Chip BarnettJuly 19 -
Top-quality municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session, as deals from Virginia and Georgia issuers hit the market on Wednesday.
By Chip BarnettJuly 19 -
Municipal bond traders will be seeing more deals come their way on Wednesday with competitive sales from a Virginia issuer and a negotiated deal from Georgia.
By Chip BarnettJuly 19











