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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This week's miniature muni slate of under $3 billion means deals should have little trouble attracting investors.
March 19 -
The municipal bond market is facing two big challenges this week -- smaller-than-average supply and a monetary policy meeting of the Federal Reserve.
March 19 -
After back to back weeks of decent issuance, the primary muni market will get with a reality check of weekly issuance below $3 billion, thanks mostly to continued tax reform fallout.
March 16 -
Herman Charbonneau, known as "The Walking Encyclopedia of Municipal Bonds," plans to retire at the end of the month.
By Chip BarnettMarch 16 -
Supply plunges for the upcoming week, with Ipreo estimating volume at only at $2.9 billion, down from this week’s revised total of $5.0 billion, according to updated data from Thomson Reuters.
By Chip BarnettMarch 16 -
A spate of deals priced, as investors put more money into long-term municipal bond funds.
March 15 -
More supply hit the municipal bond market on Thursday as JPMorgan Securities won a sale from a rarely seen New York issuer and Morgan Stanley priced a big Florida deal.
By Chip BarnettMarch 15 -
New York City Transitional Finance Authority was able to cut yields amid healthy demand for its $1 billion bond sale Wednesday, as a drop in CUSIP requests signaled the supply drought may continue.
March 14 -
Jefferies priced the New York City Transitional Finance Authority’s $1 billion of building aid revenue bonds and competitively sold $75 million of taxables.
By Chip BarnettMarch 14 -
Two New York issuers dominated the municipal bond market on Tuesday, bringing over $2 billion of new supply.
March 13