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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Consumer worries over the virus' spread dampened enthusiasm early this month.
March 13 -
The PPI fell 0.6% in February, the biggest decline in over five years. The core rate fell 0.3%
March 12 -
The consumer price index rose 0.1% last month, but moist recent data has been collected pre-virus spread.
March 11 -
Strong data and reassuring words from a Fed official couldn’t stop market virus fears from spreading.
March 6 -
Economists surveyed by IFR Markets expect Friday’s employment report to show a gain of 175,000 jobs in February.
March 5 -
The threat posed by the COVID-19 virus remains a future danger to the economy’s well-being.
March 4 -
Looming state budget cuts combined with the COVID-19 threat could have a negative impact on NYC's economy.
March 3 -
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said the Fed is ready to act if the COVID-19 virus develops into a destabilizing force.
February 28 -
GDP, jobless claims, pending homes sales rise while durable goods orders decline.
February 27 -
Attention is focused on the impact COVID-19 may have on economic growth in the United States in the short and long term.
February 26 -
New York City has seen debt service savings in excess of $2 billion since 2014, but that the city must find more opportunities to cut costs, says Comptroller Scott Stringer.
February 25 -
The Conference Board reported Tuesday that its consumer confidence index improved rose to 130.7 in February.
February 25 -
Growth in Texas factory activity accelerated in February while the Chicago Fed National Activity Index pointed to an uptick in economic growth in January.
February 24 -
Companies across the nation reported a decline in business activity in February.
February 21 -
Economists say regional surveys show rebound for now, but forecast remains mixed.
February 20 -
Luis Maizel is co-founder of LM Capital, an employee-owned minority business in California. Maizel, one of the nation’s few Mexican-born fund and income managers, says he doesn’t see a recession coming. He also looks at U.S. GDP, inflation, interest rates and credit spreads amid the uncertainty of the U.S. election and the coronavirus expansion. Chip Barnett hosts.
February 20 -
Little hint as to direction of future monetary policy moves.
February 19 -
Bob Jones, a member of AmeriVet Securities Board of Directors and a Vietnam war pilot, talks with Chip Barnett about his time in the military and his experience being held as a POW in Hanoi for 62 months. He discusses how he gives back today to fellow vets through his various business ventures and how AmeriVet, a veteran-owned and operated SDVOB financial services firm, helps vets transition into the financial services sector.
February 19 -
An industry fall coincides with a rise in sustainable investing around the world and divestment from fossil fuels.
February 11 -
Expanding housing affordability, helping small businesses, fighting climate change and improving education topped the list of new initiatives.
February 7
