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-rated municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session, according to traders, as market prepared to see some supply hit the screens, led off by issuers in Indiana and Florida.
By Chip BarnettAugust 23 -
The municipal bond market is prepped to see some supply hit the screens on Wednesday, led off by issuers in Indiana and Florida.
By Chip BarnettAugust 23 -
Top-shelf municipal bonds ended unchanged on Tuesday as eight separate groups won portions of the big Texas note deal.
By Chip BarnettAugust 22 -
Top-shelf municipal bonds were unchanged at mid-session as the state of Texas sold the biggest note deal of the year.
By Chip BarnettAugust 22 -
The state of Texas is selling the biggest deal of the week on Tuesday — a $5.4 billion note offering, which is also the biggest short-term sale so far this year.
By Chip BarnettAugust 22 -
The Big Apple will offer about $860 million of tax-exempt fixed rate bonds, $250 million of taxable fixed-rate bonds, and $200 million of tax-exempt variable-rate demand bonds.
By Chip BarnettAugust 21 -
Top-quality municipal bonds finished stronger on Monday, according to traders, who face a smaller-than-average bond calendar and a $5.4 billion Texas note deal this week.
By Chip BarnettAugust 21 -
Top quality municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session, according to traders, ahead of this week’s $4 billion new issue calendar.
By Chip BarnettAugust 21 -
The municipal bond market is looking at a smaller than average bond calendar this week, which will be dominated by the short-term note sector.
By Chip BarnettAugust 21 -
Primary municipal bond market volume is expected to drop to $4 billion in the coming week, as one gigantic note sale is expected to be larger than the entire bond calendar.
August 18 -
Muni traders on Friday are looking ahead to next week’s lighter new issue slate, which will be dominated by a note deal, rather than a bond sale.
By Chip BarnettAugust 18 -
Top-rated municipal bonds ended mixed on Thursday, traders said, as the last big deals of the week came to market.
By Chip BarnettAugust 17 -
Top-rated municipal bonds were steady at mid-session, traders said, as the last big deals of the week were heading to market.
By Chip BarnettAugust 17 -
Municipal bond traders will see the last big deals of the week come to market on Thursday, led off by sales from issuers in Colorado and Illinois.
By Chip BarnettAugust 17 -
Municipal bonds ended mixed on Wednesday, according to traders, as the gilt-edged state of Maryland came to market with competitive sales won by Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Citigroup.
By Chip BarnettAugust 16 -
New York City’s economy grew 3.3% in the second quarter – more than double the 1.5% growth rate seen in the same period last year, according to an analysis released on Wednesday by City Comptroller Scott Stringer.
By Chip BarnettAugust 16 -
Municipal bonds were weaker at midday, according to traders, as the gilt-edged state of Maryland came to market with two competitive sales won by BAML and Citi.
By Chip BarnettAugust 16 -
Suzanne Shank, co-founder of Siebert Cisneros Shank & Co., was honored at the Black Girls Rock! 2017 award show, the BET television network’s annual celebration of top African-American women in the fields of finance, entertainment and politics.
By Chip BarnettAugust 16 -
Municipal bond traders are set to see the state of Maryland come to market with two top-quality competitive sales on Wednesday.
By Chip BarnettAugust 16 -
Top-rated municipal bonds finished weaker on Tuesday, according to traders, as several big competitive deals sold in the primary market, led by a high-quality offering from Mecklenburg County, N.C.
By Chip BarnettAugust 15











