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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There was a healthy pulse in the municipal market as new structures attracted interest.
September 19 -
Municipals remained weaker on Wednesday as more deals came to market.
September 19 -
Solid investor demand greeted the biggest municipal bond deal of the week – the Texas Water Development Board’s $1.7 billion offering.
September 18 -
The flattening of the U.S. Treasury yield curve can be a misleading signal of recession, New York City’s Bureau of Asset Management said.
September 18 -
Municipal bond buyers saw the biggest deal of the week come to market on Tuesday.
September 18 -
Builders’ confidence in the market for new single-family homes was steady this month, according to the National Association of Home Builders.
September 18 -
Falling crime rates and rising graduation rates were highlighted in the New York City Mayor’s management report for fiscal 2018.
September 17 -
Munis were weaker as the market waited for the week’s supply and Larry Kudlow, the president’s assistant on economic policy, discounted the risk of a recession.
September 17 -
The municipal bond market will be ready and waiting for the $7 billion of new issuance, including the first billion dollar deal in nearly five weeks.
September 14 -
Municipal bond traders will see a healthy new issue calendar hit the market next week.
September 14 -
This week’s trading volume indicates there will be robust demand for municipal bonds, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management says.
September 13 -
Municipal bonds were little changed on Thursday as a big sale out of Nevada hit the screens.
September 13 -
Municipal CUSIP requests surged in August, an indication of rising supply in the near-term.
September 12 -
Municipals remained weaker on Wednesday as the market saw several new issues sell in the primary, led by deals from North and South Carolina.
September 12 -
While a somber mood fell over Wall Street as the finance industry reflected on the devastating terrorist attack 17 years ago, the municipal market generated some new supply and cheaper prices.
September 11 -
Action got underway in the primary market on Tuesday as the competitive arena took center stage.
September 11 -
Consumer credit increased $16.64 billion in July to $3.908 trillion, the Federal Reserve reported on Monday.
September 10 -
The short-end of the municipal bond market is rich relative to U.S. Treasury and corporate bonds, says J.R. Rieger.
September 10 -
Municipal bond buyers are looking ahead to the wide variety of new deals heading their way this week.
September 10 -
There was a slight increase in August for medium-term inflation expectations, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
September 10
