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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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 -
Municipal bond traders are awaiting the start of this week's new issue sales.
June 13 -
Top-rated municipal bonds ended weaker on Monday even as traders anticipated demand for the week’s new issue slate.
June 12 -
Top-rated municipal bonds were weaker at midday as traders eagerly await the new issue slate to start rolling in.
June 12 -
Municipal market participants are eagerly awaiting the new issue slate to start rolling, as issuance is expected to be around the weekly average.
June 12 -
The New York City Transitional Finance Authority plans to sell about $850 million of tax-exempt fixed rate bonds on Wednesday, June 21, after a two-day retail order period.
June 9 -
Demand for municipals in the primary market should stay strong as volume is set to remain close to the yearly per-week average.
June 9 -
Top shelf municipal bonds were weaker at mid-session,, according to traders, who were making preparations to tackle next week's calendar. Ipreo estimates next week's volume at $6.01 billion, consisting of $4.94 billion of negotiated deals and $1.08 billion of competitive sales.
June 9 -
Municipal bond traders are taking a breather on Friday after a heavy slate of new issues priced this week. Traders will be eyeing market volatility which saw yields see-sawing back and forth.
June 9 -
Top quality municipal bonds ended weaker on Thursday, according to traders, as the last big supply of the week hit the market.
June 8 -
New York City has become the first pension system in the nation to have totally divested its holdings in private prison companies, NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer said on Thursday.
June 8
