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 weaker on Friday, according to traders, as the beginning of the Jewish Passover holiday and the end to a chunky supply week combined to keep trading activity light and tight.
April 22 -
Top-shelf municipal bonds were weaker at mid-session, according to traders, with yields on some maturities as much as two basis points stronger. The market is set to see $7.98 billion of new supply hit the screens next week.
April 22 -
Municipal bond traders are taking a breather after the market saw a rather heavy volume week. Next week looks to be pretty chunky as well, with some deals of size already dominating the new issue calendar.
April 22 -
The weekly average yield to maturity of The Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices, was unchanged from 3.94% in the previous week.
April 21 -
Top rated municipal bonds finished weaker on Thursday, traders said, with yields on some longer-dated maturities stronger by as much as five basis points.
April 21 -
Top rated municipal bonds remained weaker at mid-session, traders said, with yields on some longer-dated maturities stronger by as much as five basis points.
April 21 -
Top rated municipal bonds were weaker in early activity, traders said, with yields on some longer-dated maturities weakening by as much as five basis points.
April 21 -
Top shelf municipal bonds ended unchanged on Wednesday, according to traders, with a score of new deals coming to market led by issuers in Louisiana, Maryland and Virginia.
April 20 -
Top shelf municipal bonds were mostly stronger at midday, according to traders, with a score of new deals coming to market led by issuers in Louisiana, Maryland and Virginia.
April 20 -
Municipal bond traders are waiting to see more supply enter the market on Wednesday, led by the institutional pricing of a big Louisiana deal.
April 20 -
Issuers in California, Texas and Louisiana headlined primary market activity on Tuesday as top-quality municipal bonds ended stronger.
April 19 -
Top-quality municipal bonds were mixed at mid-session, according to traders as large deals from California, Texas and Louisiana came to market on Tuesday.
April 19 -
Interactive Datas continuous evaluated fixed-income pricing and liquidity Indicators service are now available to FactSet clients, the firms said Tuesday.
April 19 -
Municipal bond traders are set for some of the weeks biggest deals to come to market on Tuesday, led by issuers in the Golden and Lone Star states.
April 19 -
New YorkNew York State's Lean Initiative has won the Citizens Budget Commissions 2016 award for Public Service Innovation, the CBC announced on Wednesday. The prize will be presented at the CBCs annual dinner on Thursday.
April 6 -
Top quality municipal bonds were substantially stronger in early activity, according to traders, with yields on some maturities weakening by as much as five basis points.
April 5 -
Top quality municipal bonds finished mostly steady on Monday, traders said, as the first of the week's supply started to come to market with the University of Connecticut offering bonds to retail investors.
April 4 -
Top quality municipal bonds were mostly steady at mid-session, traders said, as the market awaits the first of the weeks $7.66 billion new issue pricings. The weeks calendar is broken down into $6.58 billion of negotiated deals and $1.08 billion of competitive sales.
April 4 -
The municipal bond market is set to see more supply hit the screens this week with new issue volume estimated by Ipreo at $7.66 billion.
April 4 -
Top-rated municipal bonds were steady to slightly stronger in secondary activity at mid-session, according to traders.
March 22
