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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Municipal bonds turned weaker at midday as the market looks ahead to next week’s healthy new issue calendar.
August 4 -
Little activity is expected in the municipal bond market ahead of next week’s new issue slate.
August 4 -
Top quality municipal bonds ended stronger on Thursday, traders said, as the last of the week’s big deals hit the screens.
August 3 -
Top quality municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session, traders said, as the last of the week’s big deals hit the screens.
August 3 -
Municipal bond traders are set to see the last of the week’s big deals hit the screens as several large competitive deals remain on tap.
August 3 -
The New York State Financial Control Board on Wednesday said that New York City’s finances are in good shape and that the city’s doesn’t need a resumption of state control.
August 2 -
Municipal bonds finished mixed in secondary trading Wednesday, while a big North Carolina bond deal priced Massachusetts sold several large note offerings in the primary.
August 2 -
Action got started right away on Wednesday, as the big North Carolina bond deal priced early on Wednesday, while muni yields are unchanged to slightly lower.
August 2 -
The big North Carolina bond deal priced early on Wednesday while traders are set to see the large Massachusetts note offerings go out for the bid later in the day.
August 2 -
Top-rated municipal bonds ended mixed on Tuesday, according to traders, as the first of the week’s big deals came to market, led by the Bay Area Toll Authority’s $1.4 billion deal.
August 1 -
One of Kevin O'Toole and Rick Cotton's priorities as chairman and executive director will be to restart the search for a chief executive officer.
August 1 -
Top-rated municipal bonds were mixed at mid-session, according to traders, who were seeing the first of the week’s big deals come to market, led by the Bay Area Toll Authority’s $1.4 billion deal.
August 1 -
Municipal bond traders on Tuesday are set to see the first of the week’s big deals come to market, led by the Bay Area Toll Authority’s $1 billion deal.
August 1 -
Top quality municipal bonds finished unchanged on Monday, according to traders, who wereprepped to see about $7.2 billion of new supply hit the screens this week.
July 31 -
Richard P. Larkin died Thursday at age 66, his family said.
July 31 -
Top quality municipal bonds were unchanged at mid-session, according to traders, who were set to see about $7.2 billion of new supply hit the screens this week.
July 31 -
The municipal bond market is gearing up for about $7.2 billion of new supply this week, led by several big transportation deals.
July 31 -
The New York City Transitional Finance Authority will competitively sell $1.35 billion of Fiscal 2018 Series A future tax secured tax-exempt and taxable subordinate bonds and about $162 million of Fiscal 2018 Series 1 fixed-rate tax-exempts on Aug. 8.
July 28 -
Primary municipal bond market volume is set to rebound to a more normal level in the coming week, bringing traders a variety of offerings.
July 28 -
Top shelf municipal bonds were steady at mid-session, according to traders, who were looking ahead to next week’s new issue slate.
July 28
