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 rush to market ahead of tax reform is set to begin, as a $11.743 billion new issue slate looms for the upcoming week.
November 22 -
The weekly average yield to maturity of The Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index rose two basis points to 3.95% from 3.93% in the prior week.
November 21 -
Underwriters priced the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s $2 billion advance refunding deal for institutions on Tuesday, the last big offering of the week.
November 21 -
The MTA tapped a transportation professional with experience in Toronto and London to spearhead the modernization of New York's subway and bus system.
November 21 -
Underwriters priced the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s $2.2 billion advance refunding deal for institutions on Tuesday. In secondary trading, municipals turned weaker.
November 21 -
Underwriters priced the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s $2.2 billion advance refunding deal for institutions on Tuesday. The green bonds were offered to retail buyers on Monday, who ordered about $770 million of the bonds, according to a market source.
November 21 -
The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s $2.2 billion deal was offered to retail buyers. In secondary trading, municipals were trading mixed at mid-session.
November 20 -
The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority heads to market on Monday with the week’s biggest deal — a $2 billion green bond offering.
November 20 -
Muni volume gets a boost during the Thanksgiving holiday week as one of the nation's biggest issuers comes to market with a type of deal that may be banned after this year under pending tax reform legislation.
November 17 -
The municipal bond market is looking ahead to the Thanksgiving week’s $4.2 billion new issue calendar, which is headlined by the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s $2 billion green bond offering.
November 17
