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 primary muni market is set another busy week with $10 billion in new paper, as one deal from Illinois accounts almost half of the negotiated calendar.
October 20 -
Municipal bonds were weaker at mid-session, according to traders, who are looking ahead to the next week's $10 billion new issue slate, which will be dominated by Illinois's $4.5 billion general obligation bond offering.
October 20 -
Municipals are little changed in early activity as the market gets ready to take on the biggest deal of the year — next week’s $4.5 billion Illinois general obligation bond offering.
October 20 -
Municipals finished mixed in secondary trading on Thursday as a spate of transportation deals hit traders' screens.
October 19 -
Municipals were mixed in secondary trading at midday as the primary saw several big transportation deals hit the screens.
October 19 -
The municipal bond market will be focused on transportation issues on Thursday as the last of the week’s big competitive sales hit the screens.
October 19 -
Municipal bonds finished mixed in trading on Wednesday as issuers in New York and Massachusetts came to market.
October 18 -
Municipal bonds were trading mixed at mid-session as issuers in New York and Massachusetts hit the market with several big bond deals.
October 18 -
W. Glenn Opel, chair of Bracewell LLP’s public finance department has been elected to the board of directors of the American College of Bond Counsel, the firm announced on Tuesday.
October 18 -
The municipal bond market will see large deals from the Northeast on Wednesday as issuers in New York and Massachusetts are set to offer bonds.
October 18
