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 buyers adopted a cautious tone on Tuesday, waiting for trading volatility to die down before jumping back into the market.
February 6 -
Some municipal bond traders are describing an apathetic mood in the municipal market on Tuesday.
February 6 -
The federal tax overhaul and belt-tightening at the state level cast a pall of uncertainty over the $88.67 billion preliminary fiscal 2019 budget plan.
February 5 -
Although market conditions are not pristine, with rising yields and little primary action, market participants expressed reason to believe the first week of February will be a positive one.
February 2 -
Municipal bond yields are rising as buyers look ahead to another smaller-than-average slate of sales heading to market next week.
February 2 -
HJ Sims has named Melissa Messina as a senior vice president of investment banking in the Rockville, Md.
February 2 -
Bond traders and buyers will keep an eye on rising yields as the municipal bond market sees a smaller than average primary slate scheduled for sale next week.
February 2 -
The municipal bond market is still coming to terms with the full implications of the newly passed tax legislation, according to participants at a panel on tax reform at the Bond Buyer’s National Outlook Conference
February 1 -
Worries about a future interest rate hike couples with a rise in Treasury issuance pressured muni yields Thursday.
February 1 -
Bank of America Merrill Lynch won a large note sale in the primary sector on Thursday as the market eyes bond yields, which have been on a tear since the beginning of the month.
February 1 -
Municipal bond market participants are weighing in on what they think about what President Trump said about infrastructure in his State of the Union address.
January 31 -
Municipal bond market participants are weighing in on President Trump's call for infrastructure financing in his State of the Union address.
January 31 -
Municipal bond market participants await details of President Trump’s plans for infrastructure spending.
January 31 -
The alliance graded key budgeting and transparency practices in each of the 50 U.S. states.
January 31 -
There's an expectation that President Trump will address infrastructure spending in Tuesday's State of the Union address, and he has the attention of the muni market.
January 30 -
Several big deals hit the primary on Tuesday as the municipal bond market weakened ahead of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address and the FOMC meeting.
January 30 -
With infrastructure expected to be a hot topic at the State of the Union address, the municipal bond market wants to know if bonds will play a role.
January 30 -
The market is watching for details on Treasury Department’s quarterly refunding, President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address and the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy meeting.
January 29 -
Tax workarounds being discussed by several states affected by the SALT cap, could cost the U.S. Treasury about $154 billion over eight years, according to a report.
January 29 -
A tobacco deal from Pennsylvania and a taxable offering from Hawaii take center stage this week as traders eye rising yields and the Federal Reserve meets on monetary policy .
January 29
