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 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 -
Demand in the primary stems from a combination of market technicals and the arrival of reinvestment season.
May 16 -
The municipal bond market welcomed Pennsylvania’s big competitive sale and the Grand Parkway negotiated deal from Texas on Wednesday.
May 16 -
Industrial production grew 0.7% in April, the Federal Reserve reported Wednesday as Capacity utilization rose to 78.0.
May 16 -
Activity in the region’s service sector grew at a solid clip, according to firms responding to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s May 2018 Business Leaders Survey.
May 16 -
The Independent Budget Office said state mandates are putting a burden on New York City finances.
May 15
