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 market participants will come back to work after a long holiday weekend to almost $7 billion of new issuance, highlighted by another billion dollar deal from California.
April 13 -
Municipal bonds were trading stronger at midday, according to traders, who were wrapping up their business ahead of the full market close for Good Friday. Ipreo estimates municipal bond volume for next week at $6.82 billion.
April 13 -
Municipal bond traders were wrapping up their business on Thursday ahead of the full market close for Good Friday. Trading will resume after the Easter weekend on Monday, April 17.
April 13 -
Municipal bonds finished mixed on Wednesday as the state of California competitively sold about $604 million of general obligation bonds.
April 12 -
Municipal bonds were stronger at midday as the state of California competitively sold $636 million of general obligation bonds on Wednesday.
April 12 -
After a busy day Tuesday when billions of dollars of new issuance flooded the market, municipal bond traders are set for the last big issuance of the week.
April 12 -
Top-shelf municipal bond yields fell as much as four basis points as the market got a big dose of issuance, with negotiated and competitive offerings from issuers in New York, Washington, Ohio and Maryland.
April 11 -
Top-shelf municipal bonds yields fell as much as four basis points as the market got its first dose of issuance for the week, with negotiated and competitive offerings from issuers in New York, Washington, Ohio and Maryland.
April 11 -
The municipal bond market is ready to see negotiated and competitive offerings hit the screens on Tuesday from issuers in New York, Washington, Ohio and Maryland.
April 11 -
New York traders on Monday were looking over the retail pricing of the big NYC Transitional Finance Authority negotiated deal. Muni finished unchanged in quiet trading as Passover kept price action muted.
April 10 -
Municipal bonds were unchanged in quiet trading at mid-session, according to traders, who were awaiting the first deals on the week’s $5.69 billion holiday calendar.
April 10 -
The municipal bond market is looking at a holiday-shortened trading week, with most of the action jammed into Tuesday and Wednesday. New issue supply is forecast at $5.69 million.
April 10 -
Municipal market participants will see a little more volume to go along with one less work day next week, on the heels of Friday's weaker-than-expected March employment report.
April 7 -
In the face of continuing uncertainty surrounding federal polices regarding states and cities, the New York City Council this week urged Mayor Bill de Blasio to build up the city’s reserves.
April 7 -
Municipal bonds remained stronger at mid-session, after the March employment report came in weaker than expected and ahead of next week’s new issue calendar.
April 7 -
Municipal bonds strengthened in early activity, traders said, after the March employment report came in weaker than expected.
April 7 -
Municipal bonds ended stronger on Thursday as the last big deals of the week hit the muni market, led by the institutional pricings of the large Massachusetts and California offerings.
April 6 -
Municipal bonds were trading stronger at mid-session as the largest deal of the week hit the municipal bond market.
April 6 -
The largest deal of the week hit the municipal bond market early on Thursday with the institutional pricing of Massachusetts’ general obligation bond offering.
April 6 -
Municipal bonds ended stronger on Wednesday as large deals from issuers in New Jersey and California hit the market.
April 5
