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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Both women will be honored as part of The Bond Buyer's Deal of the Year gala on Dec. 4 in New York City.
By Chip BarnettOctober 25 -
The new wave of bond issuance continued unabated as more sales priced on Wednesday.
By Chip Barnett and Aaron WeitzmanOctober 23 -
Massachusetts also came to market with a $1.4 billion sale of revenue anticipation notes in three offerings.
October 22 -
The U.S. economy is sending mixed signals about the pace of growth going forward, said Neel Kashkari, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
By Chip BarnettOctober 22 -
There's something for everyone on this week's primary calendar.
By Chip BarnettOctober 21 -
The last of the week’s big new issues hit the screens on Thursday.
October 17 -
Gmelich most recently was Goldman Sachs’ global chief operating officer for fixed-income, commodities and currencies.
By Chip BarnettOctober 17 -
Supply surged into the municipal market on Wednesday with California and New York issues taking top spot.
By Chip BarnettOctober 16 -
Just in time for its $1.4 billion bond sale, California received a holiday present from Moody’s.
By Chip Barnett and Christine AlbanoOctober 15 -
The policy would require firms to consider women and people of color for every open board seat and for CEO appointments.
By Chip BarnettOctober 15 -
Consumers surveyed in September expected a rise in short-term inflation and a decline in medium-term inflation.
By Chip BarnettOctober 15 -
Issuers from New York, Florida and Nebraska offered buyers notes, bonds and taxable deals.
October 10 -
Paul Malloy, head of municipals and credit research at Vanguard, tells why investors should take the long view to achieve relative value in munis as the year ticks on. Chip Barnett and Lynne Funk host.
By Chip Barnett and Lynne FunkOctober 10 -
Competitive issues dominated Wednesday’s calendar with issuers from Nevada, Texas and New Jersey leading the pack.
By Chip BarnettOctober 9 -
The minutes from the latest Federal Open Market Committee’s policy-setting meeting highlighted some disagreements between members.
By Chip BarnettOctober 9 -
A large calendar this week should spark high demand, market participants say.
October 8 -
The producer price index saw its largest monthly drop in four years.
By Chip BarnettOctober 8 -
This week's new deals will price into a market that has seen declining yields as stocks and Treasuries have weathered market volatility.
By Chip BarnettOctober 7 -
Issuance using the new Secured Overnight Financing Rate has risen to $265 billion since the beginning of 2019.
By Chip BarnettOctober 7 -
The Big Apple was a big presence in the market on Thursday as it sold almost $1 billion of taxable and tax-exempt general obligation bonds.
By Chip BarnettOctober 3



















