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 ended steady on Tuesday as billions of dollars in new supply hit traders' screens, led by competitive bond deals from the states of Georgia and Massachusetts and Chicago's O'Hare airport.
June 20 -
The municipal bond market saw billions in new supply hit the screens on Tuesday, led by big competitive bond deals from the states of Georgia and Massachusetts and a competitive note sale from a New York issuer. Municipal bond prices were steady in quiet trading at mid-session.
June 20 -
John Rhea, former head of the New York City Housing Authority, has joined Siebert Cisneros Shank & Co. as president of its corporate finance and capital markets division, the firm announced on Tuesday.
June 20 -
Municipal bond traders are getting ready to see lots of new deals hit the market on Tuesday, with several large competitive sales coming from issuers in Georgia and Massachusetts.
June 20 -
Municipal bonds finished unchanged on Monday as a big New York City deal was offered to retail buyers.
June 19 -
Municipal bonds were unchanged at mid-session as traders gear up for this week’s above average slate of new issues.
June 19 -
Municipal bonds were unchanged in early activity as the the market gets set to see an above average slate of issues hit the screens this week.
June 19 -
The primary market is set to heat up next week, as buyers will be chomping at the bit for what is expected to be the second highest volume total of the year.
June 16 -
Municipal bonds were unchanged at midday ahead of next week’s above-average new issue calendar. Ipreo estimates volume for next week at $11.78 billion, up from a revised total of $3.47 billion sold this week, according to updated data from Thomson Reuters.
June 16 -
Municipal bonds were unchanged in early activity ahead of next week’s above-average new issue calendar. Ipreo estimates volume for next week at $11.78 billion, up from a revised total of $3.47 billion sold this week, according to updated data from Thomson Reuters.
June 16 -
Top-quality municipal bonds finished weaker on Thursday as the last of the week’s larger sales came to market in the primary sector, led by deals from issuers on Mississippi and Hawaii.
June 15 -
New York City will invest heavily in specific industries in an attempt to create 100,000 good-paying jobs over the next decade, according to a plan released on Thursday by Mayor Bill de Blasio.
June 15 -
Top-quality municipal bonds were weaker at mid-session as the last of the week’s larger sales came to market in the primary sector.
June 15 -
Municipal bond traders will be waiting to see some supply hit the screens on Thursday, a day after the primary market was sidelined by the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy meeting.
June 15 -
The American Dream development in New Jersey, which broke ground in 2004, will have to wait a bit longer for financing as a $1.1 billion sale of unrated tax-exempt bonds to complete the project was delayed.
June 14 -
New York City Mayor de Blasio on Wednesday launched Cool Neighborhoods NYC, a $106 million program designed to curb the effects of extreme heat on vulnerable residents.
June 14 -
Those waiting for the bonds that will finance the long-awaited American Dream development in New Jersey will have to wait a bit longer as the big sale was delayed.
June 14 -
Municipal bond traders will see the bonds that will finance the long-awaited New Jersey megamall American Dream hit the market on Wednesday in an unrated sale that has garnered a lot of attention.
June 14 -
Top-quality municipal bonds finished mixed on Tuesday, traders said, as the state of Wisconsin came to market with a sale of general obligation bonds and investors awaited the Federal Open Market Committee's decision on interest rates.
June 13 -
Top-quality municipal bonds were mixed at mid-session, traders said, as the state of Wisconsin came to market with a sale of general obligation bonds.
June 13
