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 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
