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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The Small Business Optimism Index rose 3.7 points to 107.5 in November, the National Federation of Independent Business reported on Tuesday.
December 12 -
The municipal bond market will continue to see supply flood in, with several large deals set for Tuesday including the University of California and the New Jersey Turnpike's bond offerings.
December 12 -
Top-rated municipal bonds weakened as much as 8 basis points on Monday as the first of the week’s big offerings hit the screens, led by Connecticut’s competitive sales and the University of California’s negotiated deal.
December 11 -
The municipal bond market saw the first of the week’s big offerings hit the screens on Monday, led by Connecticut’s competitive sales and the University of California’s negotiated deal.
December 11 -
The municipal bond market will see a second week of hefty supply, with almost $22 billion of new deals lining up for sale.
December 11 -
Municipal issuers continue to race to market with deals before the calendar turns over, as the tax bill may limit issuance in 2018.
December 8 -
The municipal bond market will see a second week of chunky new issuance, with almost $20 billion of new deals lining up for sale.
December 8 -
The municipal bond market was one again looking at an above-average calendar for next week, with negotiated supply alone coming in at over $17 billion.
December 8 -
More municipal bond volume hit as muni yields began to stabilize after a five-session decline.
December 7 -
Municipal bond yields were stabilizing on Thursday as the market saw a third day of supply hit the screens.
December 7 -
Jason Teeters has joined Siebert Cisneros Shank as senior managing director in the corporate finance and capital markets division.
December 7 -
The municipal bond market is girding itself for a third day of a supply surge as deals from the Illinois Finance Authority, the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority and San Jose are set to come its way.
December 7 -
Mega-deals from Chicago, San Jose, Trinity Health and Miami-Dade all hit the screens as yields on municipal bonds plunged further.
December 6 -
Mega-deals from San Jose, Miami-Dade and Chicago hit the screens on Wednesday while yields on municipal bonds continued to move lower.
December 6 -
There’s no rest for the weary as more deals are set to hit the municipal bond market on Wednesday, topped off by offerings from San Jose and Chicago.
December 6 -
New York City sold $950 million of general obligation bonds on Tuesday after retail buyers flocked to the deal a changes to the tax laws loomed in Washington.
December 5 -
New York City’s general obligation bond offering was raised by $100 million to $950 million after a record number of retail buyers expressed interest in the deal.
December 5 -
Retail buyers grabbed New York City’s big general obligation bond offering while several large negotiated and competitive deals hit the market on Tuesday.
December 5 -
The municipal bond market will face a second busy day as more supply is set to hit the screens on Tuesday.
December 5 -
New York City offered $850 million of general obligation bonds to retail buyers while the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, Mo., presented a $317 million refunding deal to retail investors and the Pennsylvania Turnpike’s $260 million of bonds priced.
December 4
