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 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 -
New York City offered $850 million of general obligation bonds and the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, Mo., offered a $317 million refunding deal to retail investors on Monday as the Pennsylvania Turnpike came to market with its bonds.
December 4 -
The Pennsylvania Higher Educational Facilities Authority and the state of Wisconsin are coming to market on Tuesday as municipal bond traders eye tax reform developments in Washington.
November 28 -
The municipal bond market focused on the burgeoning new issue calendar as participants waited for a U.S. Senate vote on tax reform, which may come before the end of this week.
November 27 -
The municipal bond market this week will keep an eye on the building new issue calendar as traders wait for the U.S. Senate to vote on a tax reform proposal which could come as early as Thursday.
November 27 -
The rush to market is set to begin as the municipal bond market will see a hefty new issue slate for the upcoming week at a time of year when it is usually rather sleepy.
November 27
