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's economy is stabilizing from the COVID-19 pandemic, but nature and man may bring other threats to its recovery.
March 16 -
The Big Apple faces an uncertain economic future as many white-collar workers remain at home and the return to office movement takes hold only slowly.
March 11 -
The deal priced into a market that has seen rising rates for municipal bonds along with record high oil and gas prices.
March 9 -
Emily Brock, director of the federal liaison center at the Government Finance Officers Association, takes time out to talk with Chip Barnett at The Bond Buyer’s National Outlook Conference about infrastructure spending. She also looks at the possibility of Congress approving the return of tax-exempt advance refundings and the SEC and MSRB’s focus on issuers ESG disclosures. (17 minutes)
March 8 -
The City Council on Wednesday began the first of a series of hearings on Mayor Eric Adams' $98.5 billion preliminary fiscal 2023 budget.
March 4 -
Moody's said the upgrade reflects continuing strong revenue and liquidity trends, completion of a debt-reduction program and increased pension contributions.
March 2 -
A report from CreditSights says risks will increase for coastal issuers of municipal bonds with increased flooding at high tides and during storms.
March 2 -
North Carolina Treasurer Dale Folwell talks with The Bond Buyer's Chip Barnett about how the state's economy has remained in financially good health despite dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic as well how the state deals with troubled municipalities. As chair of the debt affordability commission, he chats about bond issuance. He also discusses the ways to reform healthcare and increase transparency. (15 minutes)
March 1 -
Fitch also affirmed the city’s AA-minus general obligation bond and issuer default ratings.
February 25 -
Municipal bond issuance in the region was down 11.7% year-over-year in 2021, as new money, refunding, taxable and tax-exempt volume all slipped.
February 25
