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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Municipals remained stronger into the close on Thursday as the minutes from the last Federal Reserve meeting were released.
July 5 -
A sluggish and somewhat skittish tone kicked off the post-July 4th trading on Thursday.
By Chip BarnettJuly 5 -
Muni finished stronger Tuesday in an abbreviated trading session. Markets are closed Wednesday and trading will resume on Thursday.
By Chip BarnettJuly 3 -
Municipals were stronger as bond market participants were winding up their activity ahead of the early close.
By Chip BarnettJuly 3 -
Three rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court this term will have a lasting impact on the finances of many municipal bond issuers, Fiera Capital says.
By Chip BarnettJuly 2 -
Some Puerto Rico issues were trading lower on Monday after a federal watchdog approved a revised budget for the commonwealth over the weekend.
By Chip BarnettJuly 2 -
The municipal market will see only $74 million of deals in a holiday-shortened week, raising demand for supply the week after.
June 29 -
Ipreo estimates weekly bond volume at $73.8 million, consisting only of competitive sales and no negotiated deals.
By Chip BarnettJune 29 -
The weekly average yield to maturity of The Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index slipped to 3.98% from 3.99% last week.
By Chip BarnettJune 28 -
Municipal market activity remained quiet Thursday afternoon wrapping up a week in which investors snapped up some large new issues.
June 28