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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New York City could benefit to the tune of $200 million when the Grammy Awards returns to the city in 2018, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said.
May 9 -
Deals from Cuyahoga County, Ohio; Wisconsin, the city of Los Angeles and the San Francisco BART hit the market in early activity on Tuesday. Municipal bond prices weakened in early trading.
May 9 -
Sonia Toledo will head a new specialty area focusing on state, city and county general finance at Frasca & Associates. Toledo joins Frasca from Wells Fargo Securities where she worked for the past seven years.
May 8 -
Municipal bonds ended steady on Monday, ahead of this week’s $9.36 billion new issue calendar. This week’s slate is composed of $7.82 billion of negotiated deals and $1.54 billion of competitive sales.
May 8 -
Municipal bonds were mixed ahead of this week’s $9.36 billion new issue calendar. This week’s slate is composed of $7.82 billion of negotiated deals and $1.54 billion of competitive sales.
May 8 -
Municipal bond traders will be looking forward to this week’s healthy new issue slate, topped by a variety of deals from around the country.
May 8 -
Municipal market volume is set to rise to a nine week high, as issuers tap into growing demand for the securities.
May 5 -
Goldman Sachs is expected to price the Hudson Yards Infrastructure Corp.’s $2.2 billion of Series 2017 second indenture bonds on Tuesday, May 23, the corporation announced on Friday.,
May 5 -
Municipal bonds were steady on Friday ahead of next week’s hefty new issue slate. Ipreo estimates volume for next week at $9.36 billion, up from a revised $4.89 billion sold this week, according to updated data from Thomson Reuters.
May 5 -
The municipal bond market is putting this week into the history books as traders look ahead to next week’s supply.
May 5 -
The primary market wound down as the last large deals of the week priced, led by well-known issuers from California and Massachusetts.
May 4 -
The primary market is winding down on Thursday, with municipal bond traders seeing the last large deals of the week price, led by well-known issuers from California and Massachusetts.
May 4 -
The primary market is winding down on Thursday, with municipal bond traders waiting to see the University of California and the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority deals hit the screens.
May 4 -
Municipal bonds ended stronger on Wednesday, traders said, as new issuance swept into the market and federal policy makers took no action on interest rates.
May 3 -
Municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session, traders said, as they prepared for a second wave of new issuance to sweep into the market on Wednesday.
May 3 -
Municipal bonds were stronger in early activity as traders get set for a second wave of new issuance to sweep into the market on Wednesday.
May 3 -
Municipals finished mixed on Tuesday, traders said, as activity in the primary sector got underway. Several large deals hit the market, with offerings from issuers in Wisconsin, Kentucky and Texas leading the way.
May 2 -
U.S. states are continuing to see a steady decline in their credit quality, according to Conning’s State of the States municipal credit research report released on Tuesday.
May 2 -
Municipals were weaker at mid-session, traders said, as activity in the primary sector got underway. Several large deals kicked off the action, with offerings from issuers in Kentucky, Texas and Wisconsin leading the way.
May 2 -
Activity in the municipal bond primary sector will get underway on Tuesday with offerings from Wisconsin and Kentucky on tap. Traders will be keeping an eagle eye on yields, which have been rising.
May 2
