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 rating service says the outlook remains healthy even with a lack of clarity around the Trump Administration’s plans for beefing up spending.
July 17 -
Municipal bond traders are returning to work on Monday set for the week’s $7.66 billion new issue calendar. The slate is composed of $3.99 billion of negotiated deals and $3.67 billion of competitive sales.
July 17 -
The primary municipal bond market will keep chugging along next week, with participants set to see more action than they did in a fast and furious past week.
July 14 -
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July 14 -
Top-shelf municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session, according to traders, who were looking ahead to next week’s new issue calendar. which Ipreo estimates at $7.66 billion.
July 14 -
Municipal bond traders are waiting to see how much volume the market will encounter next week as they eye volatile muni yields.
July 14 -
Top-quality municipal bonds finished unchanged on Thursday, traders said, as more deals came to market in the last big push of the week.
July 13 -
Top-quality municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session, traders said, as more deals came to market.
July 13 -
Municipal bond traders are set to see more deals head their way on Thursday as the market will see the last big sales of the week hit the screens.
July 13 -
Top-rated municipal bonds finished stronger on Wednesday as a large deal from a New York and New Jersey issuer hit the screens while a deal from a Chicago issuer was postponed until next week.
July 12 -
Top-rated municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session, according to traders, who were seeing another wave of supply hit the market.
July 12 -
Municipal bond traders on Wednesday are expecting another wave of supply to hit the market, with large deals coming from a New York and New Jersey issuer.
July 12 -
The New York City Transitional Finance Authority’s $1.01 billion deal was accelerated by a day with the bonds being priced for institutions on Tuesday.
July 11 -
The pricing on the New York City Transitional Finance Authority’s $1.01 billion deal was accelerated by a day as top-quality municipal bonds turned mixed on Tuesday.
July 11 -
The municipal bond market on Tuesday will see more supply head its way with the second day of retail orders being held on the New York City Transitional Finance Authority’s $1 billion of building aid revenue bonds and deals expected from Los Angles and Philadelphia.
July 11 -
Municipal bonds ended mixed on Monday, according to traders, as the New York City Transitional Finance Authority’s $1 billion of building aid revenue bonds were priced for retail investors and the Chicago Public Schools came to market with an unrated bond deal.
July 10 -
Municipal bonds were mixed at mid-session, according to traders, who are set to see a chunky new issue slate head to market this week. Volume is estimated at $9.29 billion, composed of $7.94 billion of negotiated deals and $1.35 billion of competitive sales.
July 10 -
Municipal bond traders are set to see a chunky new issue slate head to market this week. Volume is estimated at $9.29 billion, composed of $7.94 billion of negotiated deals and $1.35 billion of competitive sales.
July 10 -
Municipal market participants will get back to work and find their hands full, with $9 billion of new issuance forecast for the primary market.
July 7 -
Top-shelf municipal bonds were weaker at mid-session, according to traders, who were looking ahead to next week’s hefty new issue slate. Ipreo estimates volume at $9.29 billion, consisting of $7.94 billion of negotiated deals and $1.35 billion of competitive sales.
July 7
