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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Municipal bonds finished weaker on Wednesday as Illinois came to market with $4.5 billion of general obligation bonds, the biggest tax-exempt deal of the year.
By Chip BarnettOctober 25 -
Municipal bonds were weaker at mid-session as Illinois came to market with $4.5 billion of general obligation bonds, the biggest tax-exempt deal of 2017.
By Chip BarnettOctober 25 -
Municipal bonds were weaker as Illinois came to market with $4.5 billion of general obligation bonds, the biggest deal of the year so far.
By Chip BarnettOctober 25 -
Municipal bond traders will be watching what kind of reception Illinois's $4.5 billion general obligation deal, the biggest of the year so far, gets on Wednesday.
By Chip BarnettOctober 25 -
Municipal bonds finished weaker on Tuesday as deals from Florida and New York priced ahead of Illinois' $4.5 billion sale slated for Wednesday.
By Chip BarnettOctober 24 -
Municipal bonds were mixed at midday as several large deals hit the screens on Tuesday.
By Chip BarnettOctober 24 -
Action revs up on Tuesday in the municipal bond market as several large deals get set to hit the screens while traders eye yields ahead of the big Illinois sale on Wednesday.
By Chip BarnettOctober 24 -
Municipal bonds held in to finish little changed on Monday as the market eyed this week’s new issue calendar, topped up by the return of Illinois with a multi-billion dollar bond offering.
By Chip BarnettOctober 23 -
Municipal bonds were steady at mid-session as the market eyes a chunky new issue calendar, topped up by the return of Illinois with a multi-billion dollar bond offering on Wednesday.
By Chip BarnettOctober 23 -
Municipal bond market participants are returning to work on Monday looking at another chunky new issue calendar, topped by the return of Illinois with a multi-billion dollar bond offering that aims to pay off some of the state’s overdue bills.
By Chip BarnettOctober 23