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 trading firmer Thursday as the last of the week's big deals came to market.
March 1 -
Municipal bond buyers welcomed several big deals on Wednesday as demand outpaced new bond supply.
February 28 -
Playing a waiting game on Wednesday, portfolio managers were looking for volume to normalize.
February 28 -
Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell’s testimony before Congress was perceived by some market participants as increasing the possibility of a tighter monetary policy.
February 27 -
Fed Chair Powell's Congressional testimony failed to move municipal bond prices ahead of this week's new issue slate.
February 27 -
Officials say the law's ban on advance refundings may cost the city $425 million in savings over four years and that changes in state law are needed to offset the damage from the limit on the state and local tax deduction.
February 27 -
The municipal market sees a lighter-than-average supply slate of $4.8 billion head their way this week.
February 26 -
Comptroller Scott Stringer said the budget cushion in Mayor Bill de Blasio’s preliminary fiscal 2019 budget is inadequate to ward off any problems as New York's economic expansion slows.
February 23 -
Market sources say the week's deals will be `well received,' while a new report cast doubt on prospects for a near-term supply pickup.
February 23 -
Buyers will vie for about $4.8 billion of bonds next week.
February 23 -
In the week ended Feb. 22, the Bond Buyer's yield indexes gain from one to two basis points.
February 22 -
New York City had little difficulty completing over $1 billion of bond sales in competitive and negotiated deals on Thursday, even amid concern over rising interest rates.
February 22 -
Buyers are watching warily from the sidelines as the deals sell into an uncertain market environment
February 22 -
Municipal bond buyers were wary of possible interest rate increases, as issues from Los Angeles, New York and Utah hit the market.
February 21 -
The municipal bond market saw more supply sail its way on Wednesday as three big offerings hit the screens.
February 21 -
JPMorgan will be first company to develop a major project under New York City’s East Midtown rezoning.
February 21 -
The municipal bond market was giving a warm welcome to several new deals that hit the screens on Tuesday.
February 20 -
Municipal bond traders returned from a three-day weekend to see NYC bonds priced for retail investors as big auctions from the Treasury Department loomed.
February 20 -
The municipal bond market will see $5.8 billion of new deals hit the screens, somewhat slaking investor's thirst for new supply
February 16 -
The muni market to see $5.8 billion of new deals hit the screens next week, somewhat satisfying investors' thirst for new supply.
February 16
