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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Top-shelf municipal bond yields dropped as many as five basis points, as about half of the week’s issuance is flowed into the primary market.
October 17 -
New York will begin testing self-driving cars early next year — with the first experiments set to be held in Manhattan.
By Chip BarnettOctober 17 -
Municipal market participants have their hands full on Tuesday, as roughly half of the week’s issuance is flowing into the primary market.
October 17 -
Municipal bond buyers will be seeing almost $5 billion of bonds hit the market on Tuesday, led by big sales from California and Illinois.
By Chip BarnettOctober 17 -
Municipal bonds finished mixed on Monday as an $850M New York City Transitional Finance Authority deal priced for retail investors.
By Chip BarnettOctober 16 -
Municipal bonds were unchanged at mid-session as the big New York City Transitional Finance Authority deal was priced for retail investors.
By Chip BarnettOctober 16 -
The municipal bond market will see more volume than it has in a while, as almost $10 billion of new deals are set to hit the screens this week.
By Chip BarnettOctober 16 -
The primary muni market is set for nearly $10 billion in weekly volume, as deals from Illinois, New York and California dominate the calendar.
October 13 -
Top-shelf municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session, according to traders, who are looking ahead to the next week's almost $10 billion new issue slate.
By Chip BarnettOctober 13 -
Municipal bond traders on Friday are looking ahead to next week’s new issue slate as yields began the session largely unchanged.
By Chip BarnettOctober 13