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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Top-rated municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session as action in the primary market heated up.
October 11 -
The municipal bond market is set to see primary action heat up on Wednesday with the pricing of several large deals from issuers in Texas and California.
October 11 -
Top-quality municipal bonds ended stronger on Tuesday, according to traders, who saw the first of the week’s new issues hit the market.
October 10 -
Greg Usry joined MuniRisk Ltd. as head of business development.
October 10 -
Top-quality municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session, according to traders, who were seeing the first of the week’s new issues move into the market.
October 10 -
Municipal bond traders are returning to their desks on Tuesday looking at $7.2 billion of new issues slated to come to market this week.
October 10 -
Top-shelf municipal bonds ended mixed on Friday as traders looked ahead to a new issue calendar totaling over $7 billion in the holiday-shortened trading week.
October 6 -
Top-shelf municipal bonds were weaker at midday, according to traders, who are looking ahead to the $7.2 billion new issue holiday week calendar.
October 6 -
The New York City Transitional Finance Authority said it plans to sell $850 million of tax-exempt fixed-rate future tax secured subordinate bonds on Wednesday, Oct. 18. There will be a two-day retail order period starting on Monday, Oct. 16.
October 6 -
Municipal bond traders on Friday are looking are looking at a quiet day ahead of the long holiday weekend. U.S. Treasuries were weaker on Friday after the release of a weaker-than-expected employment report for for September.
October 6 -
Top-rated municipals ended mixed on Thursday, according to traders, who spent much of the day looking at Puerto Rico debt, which was recovering from sharp losses the previous day.
October 5 -
Top-rated municipal bonds were unchanged at mid-session, according to traders, who were eyeing Puerto Rico’s debt.
October 5 -
The municipal market is winding up the week’s primary dealings with a negotiated sale from DASNY as traders eye Puerto Rico bonds.
October 5 -
Puerto Rico bonds plunged on Wednesday after President Donald Trump suggested the commonwealth’s debt needed to be “wiped out” to help the island recover from the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria.
October 4 -
Puerto Rico bonds took a big hit on Wednesday after President Donald Trump suggested the commonwealth’s debt needed to be “wiped out” to help the island recover from the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria.
October 4 -
Puerto Rico bonds took a hit on Wednesday after President Donald Trump suggested the commonwealth’s debt would need to be wiped clean to help the island recover from the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria.
October 4 -
Top-rated municipal bonds finished mixed on Tuesday as the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York competitively sold almost $1.7 billion of bonds in a handful of offerings.
October 3 -
Top-rated municipal bonds strengthened at mid-session as the Dormitory of the State of New York competitively sold almost $1.7 billion of bonds in a handful of offerings.
October 3 -
The municipal bond market will be watching as the Dormitory of the State of New York competitively sells $1.7 billion of bonds in five separate offerings on Tuesday.
October 3 -
Top-rated municipal bonds finished mixed on Monday, according to traders, who were seeing the first of the week’s new issues hit the screens.
October 2
