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 market looks forward to Thursday's $3.3 billion note deal from DASNY after handling a sizable calendar Wednesday.
By Chip BarnettJune 10 -
Traders will be looking closely at Wednesday's FOMC meeting and whether the Fed will set target yields for some U.S. Treasury securities.
By Chip BarnettJune 9 -
The new-issue calendar is filling up with deals formerly on the day-to-day slate, however net supply over the summer is expected to total negative $55B, including negative $15B in June, negative $21B in July and negative $19B in August.
By Chip BarnettJune 8 -
In secondary trading municipals ended weaker after a strong employment report.
By Chip BarnettJune 5 -
New deals thrive and inflows continue as Lipper reports $1.2 billion into municipal bond mutual funds.
By Chip BarnettJune 4 -
Getting crisis leadership right is vital to the well-being of employees, customers, and ultimately the business itself.
By Chip BarnettJune 4 -
Primary market deals generated strong demand, and municipals were little changed in secondary trading.
June 3 -
The fragility of the economy amid protests and the continuing coronavirus threats have dealers unloading some risk.
By Lynne FunkJune 2 -
Some investors expressed concern over the market‘s muted reaction to the country’s depth of effects over the current crises.
By Lynne FunkJune 1 -
Consumer spending plunged while the Chicago Business Barometer fell in May.
By Chip BarnettMay 29










