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 finished stronger on Tuesday as the Hudson Yards deal hit the market along with a host of other large sales.
May 23 -
Municipal bonds were trading stronger at midday as the Hudson Yards deal hit the municipal bond market on Tuesday along with a host of other sales.
May 23 -
The Hudson Yards deal is set to hit the municipal bond market on Tuesday as the week’s primary market heats up.
May 23 -
Municipal bonds finished stronger on Monday as the Hudson Yards deal was offered to retail buyers for a second day.
May 22 -
Municipal bonds were trading stronger at mid-session as the Hudson Yards deal was being offered to retail buyers for a second day. The market is waiting for this week’s $7.02 billion new issue calendar to get underway in earnest on Tuesday.
May 22 -
More retail orders will be taken on Monday for the big Hudson Yards deal while municipal bond traders will be watching yields. The market will waiting on the new issue calendar, which is estimated at $7.02 billion.
May 22 -
Hudson Yards Infrastructure Corp., the developer of a 45 block area on Manhattan's west side, won a two-notch upgrade from S&P Global Ratings.
May 19 -
Goldman Sachs opened the first of a two-day retail order period for the Hudson Yards Infrastructure Corp., N.Y.’s $2.15 billion tax-exempt deal as municipal bonds were unchanged ahead of next week's $7.02 billion calendar.
May 19 -
The municipal bond market on Friday will be looking ahead to next week’s new issue calendar as participants eye falling bond yields. The largest deal of the upcoming week is from the Hudson Yards Infrastructure Corp. will offer $2.19 billion of second indenture revenue bonds.
May 19 -
Municipal bonds were trading stronger at mid-session as the last of this week’s larger new issue deals hit traders' screens.
May 18 -
Municipal bond traders will be eyeing falling yields on Thursday as the market prepares for the last of this week’s larger new issue deals.
May 18 -
Municipal bonds rallied along with Treasuries on Monday as stocks swooned on growing political unrest in Washington and the District of Columbia sold over $550 million of general obligation bonds.
May 17 -
Municipal bonds were substantially stronger along with Treasuries as stock swooned on growing political unrest in Washington, D.C. Meanwhile, the District of Columbia hit the primary market with over $500 million of general obligation bonds.
May 17 -
The municipal bond market is set to see more volume come their way on Wednesday, led by a large sale from the District of Columbia.
May 17 -
The Hudson Yards Infrastructure Corp. will offer $2.19 billion of second indenture revenue bonds for sale the week of May 22.
May 16 -
Municipal bonds ended stronger on Tuesday as Morgan Stanley priced the Los Angeles Unified School District’s $1.08 billion of general obligation refunding bonds.
May 16 -
The New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority named Olga Chernat as its executive director. A chartered financial analyst who previously served NYW as treasurer and deputy treasurer, Chernat will start in her new position on Wednesday, the authority said.
May 16 -
Municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session, according to traders, as Morgan Stanley priced the Los Angeles Unified School District’s $1.08 billion of general obligation bonds.
May 16 -
Municipal market participants are set for a second week of issuance greater than $8 billion amid a surge in demand.
May 12 -
New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer called for the creation of a public-private NYC Citizenship Fund to help legal immigrants cover the cost of the federal application to become U.S. citizens.
May 12
