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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Middle East unrest, oil price volatility and a Fed policy meeting all combine to weigh on this week’s $10B new-issue calendar.
September 16 -
Municipal yields and issuance plans both rose, showing market participants aren't uncertain about the meeting, with a quarter point cut in interest rates baked in.
September 13 -
Tradeweb ICE U.S. Treasury Closing Prices is designed to represent the daily market mid-price for Treasury securities.
September 13 -
Los Angeles and Broward County deals were offered while some say the municipal market feels "heavy" and in retreat.
September 11 -
It was a big day for the municipal bond market as billions of dollars of new deals hit the screens.
September 10 -
Rick Kolman and Rachel Washburn of Academy Securities talk with Chip Barnett about the firm's robust geopolitical intelligence capabilities. They discuss today's hot topics such as China-U.S. relations and Hong Kong, North Korea, Iran, Turkey and Venezuela. And they look at the importance that cybersecurity has for municipal bond issuers.
September 10 -
Issuers jump into the market as yields remain near record low levels.
September 9 -
Peter Clarke, 40-year JPMorgan muni vet, will begin his new role immediately.
September 9 -
With supply looking up, traders and analysts expect new issues to be well absorbed even if Treasuries correct futher.
September 6 -
The Chicago Public Schools also came to market with a $349 million GO deal.
September 5 -
California's $2.4 billion GO deal was priced for retail investors on Wednesday.
September 4 -
A pre-marketing scale was released on California's $2.3 billion GO deal.
September 3 -
IHS Markit reported its PMI slipped in August as the ISM manufacturing index declined.
September 3 -
The market will see $7.6 billion of bonds plus a $1 billion note sale coming up in a holiday-shortened week.
August 30 -
Many market participants were already planning their getaways before the unofficial end of summer hits next Monday.
August 29 -
Lynn Martin, President and COO of ICE Data Services, talks with Chip Barnett about ICE's acquisitions and expansion, and discusses transparency and liquidity in the municipal bond market and the firm's introduction of a real-time AAA muni curve.
August 29 -
NYC to continue Wells' muni underwriting ban as Fed's Powell opines on the firm's woes.
August 28 -
Deals from Atlanta, Massachusetts, Ohio and Miami-Dade County led Tuesday's primary activity.
August 27 -
Massachusetts taxable deal hits $858 million.
August 26 -
The last full trading week ahead of the Labor Day holiday will see a variety of credits come to market.
August 23
