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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Robin Marshall, director of fixed income research at FTSE Russell, talks about what investors should be paying attention to during the coming year. He looks at inflation prospects, possible Central Bank actions and the continuing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Chip Barnett hosts. (15 minutes)
January 21 -
As travel declines during the coronavirus pandemic, munis backed by tourists' cash may come under increasing financial pressure.
January 20 -
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez talks with Chip Barnett of The Bond Buyer about what makes the Magic City so appealing to companies and investors alike right now. He discusses the attractiveness of its business climate, the city’s financial strengths, efforts to fight climate change and the diversity and resilience of its residents. (7 minutes)
January 19 -
The upgrade precedes the sale of $202 million of taxable refunding bonds next week.
January 15 -
Mayor Adrian Perkins put the bond proposals before the City Council and asked for a vote on a special April 24 election on four bond referendums.
January 14 -
“I couldn’t be more pleased to learn that Alabama will be the new home to the United States Space Command," said Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey.
January 14 -
State Treasurer Dale Folwell said his office was rewarded for staying the course on a decades-long conservative management strategy.
January 14 -
Prepaid gas deals were notably absent from 2020's record-breaking municipal market as COVID-19 caused market disruptions for banks that provide credit support.
January 13 -
Monday’s vote was the start of the process of allowing lawmakers to work on the approximately $12 billion state budget in a conference committee.
January 12 -
Despite the coronavirus pandemic, Tennessee state revenue collections last month were about $156 million more than the budget estimate.
January 12
