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 Big Apple will offer about $860 million of tax-exempt fixed rate bonds, $250 million of taxable fixed-rate bonds, and $200 million of tax-exempt variable-rate demand bonds.
August 21 -
Top-quality municipal bonds finished stronger on Monday, according to traders, who face a smaller-than-average bond calendar and a $5.4 billion Texas note deal this week.
August 21 -
Top quality municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session, according to traders, ahead of this week’s $4 billion new issue calendar.
August 21 -
The municipal bond market is looking at a smaller than average bond calendar this week, which will be dominated by the short-term note sector.
August 21 -
Primary municipal bond market volume is expected to drop to $4 billion in the coming week, as one gigantic note sale is expected to be larger than the entire bond calendar.
August 18 -
Muni traders on Friday are looking ahead to next week’s lighter new issue slate, which will be dominated by a note deal, rather than a bond sale.
August 18 -
Top-rated municipal bonds ended mixed on Thursday, traders said, as the last big deals of the week came to market.
August 17 -
Top-rated municipal bonds were steady at mid-session, traders said, as the last big deals of the week were heading to market.
August 17 -
Municipal bond traders will see the last big deals of the week come to market on Thursday, led off by sales from issuers in Colorado and Illinois.
August 17 -
Municipal bonds ended mixed on Wednesday, according to traders, as the gilt-edged state of Maryland came to market with competitive sales won by Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Citigroup.
August 16 -
New York City’s economy grew 3.3% in the second quarter – more than double the 1.5% growth rate seen in the same period last year, according to an analysis released on Wednesday by City Comptroller Scott Stringer.
August 16 -
Municipal bonds were weaker at midday, according to traders, as the gilt-edged state of Maryland came to market with two competitive sales won by BAML and Citi.
August 16 -
Suzanne Shank, co-founder of Siebert Cisneros Shank & Co., was honored at the Black Girls Rock! 2017 award show, the BET television network’s annual celebration of top African-American women in the fields of finance, entertainment and politics.
August 16 -
Municipal bond traders are set to see the state of Maryland come to market with two top-quality competitive sales on Wednesday.
August 16 -
Top-rated municipal bonds finished weaker on Tuesday, according to traders, as several big competitive deals sold in the primary market, led by a high-quality offering from Mecklenburg County, N.C.
August 15 -
Top-rated municipal bonds were weaker at mid-session, according to traders, as several big competitive deals sold in the primary market.
August 15 -
Municipal bond market traders on Tuesday are set to see the start of this week’s supply hit the screens as several large competitive offerings are slated to sell.
August 15 -
Top-quality municipal bonds ended mixed on Monday, according to traders, as the market prepared for this week’s $6.7 billion new issue calendar.
August 14 -
Top-quality municipal bonds were mixed at mid-session, according to traders, as the market prepared for this week’s $6.7 billion new issue calendar.
August 14 -
Municipal bond traders will be gearing up on Monday to see this week’s $6.7 billion new issue calendar, which will get started in earnest on Tuesday.
August 14
