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 primary muni market is set another busy week with $10 billion in new paper, as one deal from Illinois accounts almost half of the negotiated calendar.
October 20 -
Municipal bonds were weaker at mid-session, according to traders, who are looking ahead to the next week's $10 billion new issue slate, which will be dominated by Illinois's $4.5 billion general obligation bond offering.
October 20 -
Municipals are little changed in early activity as the market gets ready to take on the biggest deal of the year — next week’s $4.5 billion Illinois general obligation bond offering.
October 20 -
Municipals finished mixed in secondary trading on Thursday as a spate of transportation deals hit traders' screens.
October 19 -
Municipals were mixed in secondary trading at midday as the primary saw several big transportation deals hit the screens.
October 19 -
The municipal bond market will be focused on transportation issues on Thursday as the last of the week’s big competitive sales hit the screens.
October 19 -
Municipal bonds finished mixed in trading on Wednesday as issuers in New York and Massachusetts came to market.
October 18 -
Municipal bonds were trading mixed at mid-session as issuers in New York and Massachusetts hit the market with several big bond deals.
October 18 -
W. Glenn Opel, chair of Bracewell LLP’s public finance department has been elected to the board of directors of the American College of Bond Counsel, the firm announced on Tuesday.
October 18 -
The municipal bond market will see large deals from the Northeast on Wednesday as issuers in New York and Massachusetts are set to offer bonds.
October 18 -
Top-shelf municipal bond yields dropped as many as five basis points, as about half of the week’s issuance is flowed into the primary market.
October 17 -
New York will begin testing self-driving cars early next year — with the first experiments set to be held in Manhattan.
October 17 -
Municipal market participants have their hands full on Tuesday, as roughly half of the week’s issuance is flowing into the primary market.
October 17 -
Municipal bond buyers will be seeing almost $5 billion of bonds hit the market on Tuesday, led by big sales from California and Illinois.
October 17 -
Municipal bonds finished mixed on Monday as an $850M New York City Transitional Finance Authority deal priced for retail investors.
October 16 -
Municipal bonds were unchanged at mid-session as the big New York City Transitional Finance Authority deal was priced for retail investors.
October 16 -
The municipal bond market will see more volume than it has in a while, as almost $10 billion of new deals are set to hit the screens this week.
October 16 -
The primary muni market is set for nearly $10 billion in weekly volume, as deals from Illinois, New York and California dominate the calendar.
October 13 -
Top-shelf municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session, according to traders, who are looking ahead to the next week's almost $10 billion new issue slate.
October 13 -
Municipal bond traders on Friday are looking ahead to next week’s new issue slate as yields began the session largely unchanged.
October 13
