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 municipal bond market is in store for more volume as the last of the week’s bigger sales are set to hit the screens on Thursday.
June 1 -
Municipal bonds finished stronger on Wednesday as the bulk of the week’s new issue supply swept into the market.
May 31 -
Municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session as the first of the week’s new issue supply swept into the market.
May 31 -
Municipal bond traders are anxiously waiting the week’s first wave of issuance.
May 31 -
Municipal bonds finished the day stronger on Tuesday, as traders prepared for the first big wave of issuance to hit on Wednesday.
May 30 -
Municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session as traders looking to a holiday-lite new issue slate.
May 30 -
Municipal bond traders are returning to work on Tuesday and will be looking at a holiday-lite new issue slate while eyeing declining bond yields. Markets were closed early on Friday and were closed all day Monday for the Memorial Day holiday.
May 30 -
Municipal supply is set to drop to less than $5 billion after the long weekend as the market struggles with a lack of supply.
May 26 -
Municipal bonds were stronger on Friday as the market looks ahead to next week’s holiday-lite new issue slate. Secondary trading will end early ahead of the long holiday weekend.
May 26 -
Municipal bonds finished narrowly mixed on Thursday as traders began winding up business for the week. There were no major bond sales pricing in the primary on Thursday or Friday and muni yields are expected to remain in a tight range ahead of the long holiday weekend.
May 25
