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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JPMorgan Securities won the week’s largest bond deal — Pennsylvania’s $974 million of general obligation bonds. In secondary trading, municipals were stronger at midday.
November 8 -
Pennsylvania is set to hit the market with the week’s biggest offering — a $974 million competitive sale. Municipals were stronger, according to early trade data.
November 8 -
Bill de Blasio won a second term as New York City mayor after a boisterous four-way bout that ended as many had expected — in a landslide victory.
November 8 -
The first of the week's new issuance rolled in on Tuesday as strengthening municipal bond prices allowed underwriters to cut yields on some of the day’s larger deals.
November 7 -
The first of the week's new issuance starting to roll in on Tuesday, as top-rated municipal bonds were stronger.
November 7 -
Municipals continued to strengthen as the first of the week's issuance starting to roll in on Tuesday, including the second biggest deal of the week.
November 7 -
Municipal bonds were little changed in midday activity as the market gets ready to see nearly $7 billion of new paper.
October 30 -
Municipals were little changed in early activity as the market gets ready to see almost $7 billion of new paper come its way this week, led by issuers from Virginia and Maryland.
October 30 -
Municipal bonds ended unchanged on Friday as the market geared up for a more manageable new issue calendar, led by Montgomery Co., Md., and the Virginia Small Business Financing Authority.
October 27 -
Municipal bonds were unchanged at mid-session, according to traders, who are looking ahead to the next week's $6.7 billion new issue slate, which will be headlined by big offerings from Virginia and Maryland Issuers.
October 27 -
Municipals bonds are little changed in early activity as the market eyes next week’s new issue calendar, which is topped by big offerings from Virginia and Maryland Issuers.
October 27 -
Municipal bonds finished weaker on Thursday as issuers from Maryland and California sold over $1 billion of bonds by competitive bid.
October 26 -
Municipal bonds were unchanged at mid-session as issuers from Maryland and California were selling over $1.1 billion of bonds by competitive bid.
October 26 -
Municipal bond veteran Paula Dagen will join the Northeast public finance group.
October 26 -
The municipal bond market on Thursday is eyeing yields as the last of the week’s larger deals are slated to sell, with two big competitive offerings on tap.
October 26 -
Municipal bonds finished weaker on Wednesday as Illinois came to market with $4.5 billion of general obligation bonds, the biggest tax-exempt deal of the year.
October 25 -
Municipal bonds were weaker at mid-session as Illinois came to market with $4.5 billion of general obligation bonds, the biggest tax-exempt deal of 2017.
October 25 -
Municipal bonds were weaker as Illinois came to market with $4.5 billion of general obligation bonds, the biggest deal of the year so far.
October 25 -
Municipal bond traders will be watching what kind of reception Illinois's $4.5 billion general obligation deal, the biggest of the year so far, gets on Wednesday.
October 25 -
Municipal bonds finished weaker on Tuesday as deals from Florida and New York priced ahead of Illinois' $4.5 billion sale slated for Wednesday.
October 24
