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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Primary municipal bond market volume is expected to increase to $6.7 billion.
August 11 -
New York City’s Department of Education awarded over 500 non-competitive contracts worth more than $2.7 billion, according to the comptroller.
August 11 -
New Jersey’s pension funds will benefit significantly from a new law that mandates irrevocable contributions from the state’s lottery for the next 30 years, according to Kroll Bond Rating Agency.
August 11 -
Top-shelf municipal bonds were unchanged at mid-session, according to traders who are looking ahead to next week’s new issue slate, which is estimated at $6.7 billion.
August 11 -
Municipal bond traders are looking ahead to the weekend — and waiting for next week’s lighter new issue slate.
August 11 -
Top-rated municipal bonds ended stronger on Thursday, traders said, as the last of the week’s larger sales hit the screens.
August 10 -
Top-rated municipal bonds were stronger at midday, traders said, as the last of this week’s new issue supply was hitting the screens.
August 10 -
Municipal bond traders are set to see the last of this week’s new issue supply hit the screens on Thursday, with a big Florida sale leading the calendar.
August 10 -
Top-quality municipal bonds finished stronger on Wednesday, traders said, as a few more deals hit the marketplace.
August 9 -
Stratford Shields, a long-time municipal finance professional, comes to Wells from RBC Capital Markets in Chicago.
August 9 -
Top-quality municipal bonds were stronger at midday, traders said, as the market was seeing a lull in issuance with only two major deals slated to hit the screens.
August 9 -
After a hectic day on Tuesday, the municipal bond market will see a lull in issuance with only two major deals slated to hit the screens on Wednesday.
August 9 -
Officials from the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority testified about the agency’s recently released subway action plan at a hearing Tuesday before the New York City Council’s transportation committee.
August 8 -
Top-rated municipal bonds finished mixed on Tuesday, traders said, as a New York City issuer sold over $1.5 billion in six competitive offerings.
August 8 -
Top-rated municipal bonds were mixed at mid-session, traders said, as a New York issuer sold about $1.5 billion in six competitive offerings.
August 8 -
About $2.5 billion of bonds are coming from just two issuers on Tuesday, as the market gears up for big competitive sales from New York and a large negotiated deal out of Ohio amid various other deals from around the country.
August 8 -
Top quality municipal bonds finished mixed on Monday, according to traders as the first of the week’s big new issues came to market out of the Midwest.
August 7 -
On a quiet Monday where there is only one deal pricing for retail investors, municipals were mixed although some maturities on the long end were as much as one basis point higher, according to traders.
August 7 -
The municipal bond market is gearing up for about $7.3 billion of new supply this week, with $2.51 of that coming from two issuers.
August 7 -
Primary municipal bond market volume is expected to inch up to $7.3 billion, as analysts expect the muni market to stay on a path of suppressed supply and deep demand.
August 4
