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 saw some taxable supply hit the screens on Thursday as the recent yield rise slowed and traders' attention shifted to next week’s holiday-shortened week.
January 11 -
Municipal bond buyers are seeing the last of this week’s big deals hit the screens on Thursday as their eyes turn to next week’s new issue slate.
January 11 -
Muni yields rose as much as 10 basis points, as they weakened with treasuries on concern China may stop U.S. debt purchases
January 10 -
Avi Fink, who had been the mayor's deputy chief of staff, will help manage the city's $86 billion expense budget and $16 billion capital budget for 2018.
January 10 -
Morgan Stanley priced a big taxable deal and won a large note sale as yields on long-dated top-rated municipal bonds rose as much as nine basis points.
January 10 -
The municipal bond primary market will be seeing several big offerings hit the screens on Wednesday — dominated by a taxable deal in the negotiated bond sector and a competitive note sale.
January 10 -
The municipal bond primary market returned to life as issuers in Massachusetts, Virginia and Minnesota offered new tax-exempts to bond-hungry investors.
January 9 -
Bank of America Merrill Lynch and TD Securities won the bidding for Massachusetts’ $600 million of general obligation bonds while Citigroup won the gilt-edge Fairfax County, Va., bonds.
January 9 -
The municipal bond market was quiet Monday as traders waited for this week’s new issue sales to get underway with competitive deals on Tuesday from Massachusetts and Fairfax County, Va.
January 8 -
The municipal bond market on Monday is patiently waiting for this week’s new issue sales to get underway with competitive sales on Tuesday from Massachusetts and Fairfax County, Va.
January 8 -
Municipal bond traders are back at work in earnest as they get set to take on a new issue slate dominated by competitive sales on Tuesday and taxable deals on Wednesday and Thursday.
January 8 -
The municipal bond market is looking ahead to a $3.3 billion new issue slate that will be dominated by competitive sales from Massachusetts and taxable negotiated deals.
January 5 -
The municipal bond market is looking ahead to next week’s $3.3 billion new issue slate which is dominated by GO sales from Massachusetts and taxable negotiated deals.
January 5 -
The weekly average yield to maturity of the Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index fell 10 basis points to 3.81% in the week ended Jan. 4, from 3.81% in the previous week. The BB40 Index is based on the price of 40 long-term bonds.
January 5 -
After a week that saw few deals come to market, municipal bond traders will see the calendar perk up a bit next week as several issues of size are set to hit the screens.
January 5 -
Municipal bonds turned mixed on a cold and snowy day in the Northeast as stocks surged to historic highs on Thursday.
January 4 -
New York City’s newly elected officials outlined a progressive agenda topped by vows to tackle the housing affordability crisis.
January 4 -
Municipal bonds were mixed at midday as the primary was set to heat up the despite cold weather and snow in the Northeast.
January 4 -
The municipal primary heats up on Thursday as the New Jersey Economic Development Authority gets ready to come to market with $381.195 million of state lease revenue bonds.
January 4 -
While Wall Street firms agree that municipal bond volume will drop from 2017, their estimates of how much range from 8% to 34%.
January 3
