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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Underwriters reportedly offered spreads to the Municipal Market Data’s AAA benchmark scale of 55 basis points on serials ranging from 2031 to 2038.
January 23 -
MacKay Municipal Managers has released its list of the top five trends to watch for in the municipal market this year.
January 23 -
A pre-marketing wire on the Sales Tax Securitization Corp.'s $366.2 million of tax-exempts indicates the Chicago deal may see wider spreads than in its bond sale last month.
January 22 -
Although tax reform concerns pushed issuers into the market in December, CUSIP requests for the year, were lowest since 2014.
January 22 -
Municipal bond traders return to work with yields and the revamped Chicago deal in their sights.
January 22 -
Muni volume in the last week of January is forecast to match that of the first three weeks combined, satisfying pent-up investor demand.
January 19 -
Municipal bond prices remain under pressure at midday as U.S. Treasury yields hit three-year highs and the market looks to next week's $7.17 billion slate.
January 19 -
Munis came under pressure as Treasuries weakened on concern over a possible government shutdown and traders looked ahead to a return to normal in deal volume next week.
January 19 -
Loop Capital also priced refunding bonds for Cook County, Ill., in the negotiated market.
January 18 -
The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority sold a $478.18 million competitive deal to Bank of America Merrill Lynch as bond yields moved higher on Thursday.
January 18 -
The New York City Economic Development Corp. has named Eric Clement to be senior vice president and head of its strategic investments group.
January 17 -
The Sales Tax Securitization Corp.’s bond deal was delayed until at least next week, Chicago officials said, citing the market's "weak start" to the year.
January 17 -
The Sales Tax Securitization Corp.’s highly anticipated bond sale has been delayed until at least next week due to market conditions, Chicago officials said.
January 17 -
Municipal bond buyers are waiting to see details on the high-rated, but high-yielding sales tax securitization coming from Chicago on Wednesday.
January 17 -
Municipal bond buyers will focus on the high-rated but high-yielding sales tax securitization deal coming from Chicago on Wednesday.
January 17 -
The City Council unanimously to extend the deadline for the filing of the mayor’s preliminary Fiscal 2019 budget by two weeks to Feb. 1 as city officials digested state budget plans announced Tuesday.
January 16 -
The municipal bond market on Tuesday priced the first of the week’s big new issues, before buyers turned their focus to the high-rated, but high-yielding sales tax securitization coming from Chicago on Wednesday.
January 16 -
The municipal bond market saw the first of the week’s big new issues price in the primary. Buyers will see about $3.35 billion of new deals hit the screens this week, with most of the volume coming on Wednesday and Thursday.
January 16 -
Municipal bond buyers and traders expect $2.36 billion of negotiated deals and $986.4 million of competitive sales.
January 16 -
Tax-exempt issuance again dominates the calendar, after a week of mostly taxable deals .
January 12
