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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Municipal bond investors reacted cautiously to the rally in Treasurys as they looked for confirmation that the new yield levels are here to stay.
May 29 -
Municipal bonds were trading stronger Tuesday, with yields falling as much as five basis points, according to the MBIS benchmark scale.
May 29 -
The holiday-shortened week with the usual accompanying low issuance shouldn’t overwhelm demand, putting the municipal market in a good spot at midyear.
May 25 -
Municipal bonds were stronger ahead of Friday’s early close as the market will be greeted with $3.4 billion of new issue supply next week.
May 25 -
Attendees at the NYC Comptroller’s MWBE University program were introduced to the Build NYC Resource Corp.'s bond program.
May 24 -
Municipal bonds were mostly stronger in late trading on Thursday as market activity slowed ahead of Friday’s shortened trading session.
May 24 -
Municipal bonds were stronger in late trading as West Virginia and the Regents of the University of California came to market.
May 23 -
Municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session as several big deals hit the market.
May 23 -
West Virginia increased the amount of its competitive sales planned for Wednesday by almost 30% to save money.
May 22 -
The municipal bond market is seeing a second wave of new issue supply hit the screens on Tuesday, led by deals from California and West Virginia issuers.
May 22 -
Service sector companies saw strong growth in May, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.
May 22 -
Manufacturing growth in the central Atlantic region was “robust” in May, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.
May 22 -
The Philadelphia region's services sector improved in May, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
May 22 -
Municipal bond buyers are getting what they need this week — more supply.
May 21 -
Action in the municipal bond market got underway on Monday as two big deals hit the screens in early activity.
May 21 -
The Chicago Fed National Activity Index rose to 0.34 in April from a revised 0.32 in March, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago reported on Monday.
May 21 -
Municipal volume will sink to $6.36 billion, with the California issuer responsible for a third of the week’s paper.
May 18 -
Municipal bond volume slips back down to a more average level next week, after the market saw the biggest slate of the year hit the screens this week.
May 18 -
The Chicago Board of Education more than doubled the size of its general obligation deal to take advantage of demand.
May 17 -
The majority of the week’s big deals have priced over the past few days and are now receiving much attention from retail buyers.
May 17
