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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Retail investors lined up to get first crack at the New York City Transitional Finance Authority deal.
September 4 -
The New York City Transitional Finance Authority began the first of a two-day order period geared toward retail investors.
September 4 -
The week’s $3.6 billion new issue calendar will be dominated by New York City and California.
August 31 -
Municipal bond buyers will see $3.6 billion of volume hit the screens during the upcoming holiday-shortened trading week.
August 31 -
The MNI Chicago Business Barometer slipped 1.9 points to a three-month low of 63.6 in August.
August 31 -
Municipal bonds showed strength on Thursday as market participants look ahead to next week.
August 30 -
Municipal bond market participants were wrapping up the last of the week’s primary supply and looking ahead to next week’s holiday-shortened trading week.
August 30 -
Two deals from state issuers came to market on Wednesday as municipal bond buyers were treated to much needed volume.
August 29 -
A Massachusetts negotiated deal and Washington state competitive sales led primary issuance on Wednesday.
August 29 -
Retail buyers hungry for supply took on some of the $727 million of general obligation bonds that Massachusetts offered on Tuesday.
August 28 -
Municipals were firm as Massachusetts offered almost $727 million of general obligation bonds to retail buyers.
August 28 -
Municipal bond buyers will get another chance to get some Massachusetts and Texas paper as both issuers head into the market.
August 24 -
Massachusetts and Texas will be in the market next week as the unofficial summer season winds down during the last week before Labor Day.
August 24 -
Deals from New York and Massachusetts led the new issue slate on Thursday as the last of the week’s supply came to market.
August 23 -
Mark O. Norell, a veteran tax-exempt bond lawyer has been named a partner in the firm’s public finance department in New York.
August 23 -
Municipal bond market participants are seeing the last of this week’s new issues come to market on Thursday, led by issuers from New York and Massachusetts.
August 23 -
Both the big Illinois bond deal and the giant Texas note sale were warmly received by investors Wednesday.
August 22 -
Illinois came to market on Wednesday with over $900 million of bonds while Texas sold a massive note deal in the competitive arena.
August 22 -
Municipal bond buyers saw some new offerings come to market on Tuesday, led by a Denver city and county deal.
August 21 -
Municipal bonds were firm and little changed on Tuesday as new issue supply started to price.
August 21
