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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Municipals were steady after the Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised its target for the federal funds rate by 25 basis points, the first interest rate hike since 2006.
December 16 -
Most U.S. states have enacted budgets that contain only modest spending increases in the next fiscal year, according to a report released on Tuesday by the National Association of State Budget Officers.
December 15 -
Municipal bond funds reported inflows for the 10th straight week, according to Lipper data released on Thursday.
December 10 -
Municipal bonds closed stronger on Monday, traders said, as yields on some top-quality maturities finished as much as one basis point weaker.
November 30 -
Municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session, traders said, as yields on some top-quality maturities were as much as two basis points weaker.
November 30 -
After two decades, co-founder Suzanne Shank says Siebert Brandford Shank & Co. expects to be part of a solution to America's infrastructure needs, in which state and local governments work more closely with the private sector.
November 30 -
Municipal bonds traders had barely enough time to digest their turkey leftovers before a new bounty of bonds is being put on their plates.
November 30 -
Municipal bonds finished stronger on Wednesday, traders said, with yields on some top-quality maturities dropping by as much as one basis point.
November 25 -
Top-rated municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session, traders said, with yields on some maturities weaker by as much as one basis point.
November 25 -
Municipal bond traders are winding up the week as they look forward to Thursday's Thanksgiving holiday.
November 25 -
The weekly average yield to maturity of The Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices, fell five basis points to 4.30% in the week ended Nov. 24 from 4.35% in the prior week.
November 24 -
Top-shelf municipal bonds finished stronger on Tuesday, according to traders, as yields on some maturities fell by as much as two basis points.
November 24 -
Municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session, according to traders, as yields on some maturities weakened by as much as two basis points.
November 24 -
Municipal bond traders were looking to find a few good deals on Tuesday, as the week's skimpy new issue volume was set to dry up.
November 24 -
Prices of top-rated municipal bonds finished stronger on Monday, according to traders, as the first of the weeks paltry new issue supply came to market.
November 23 -
Prices of top-rated municipal bonds were flat in quiet mid-session activity, according to traders, as the first of the week's paltry new issue supply came to market.
November 23 -
Municipal bond traders are set for the quietest week of the year, with less than $1 billion of new supply slated to be priced.
November 23 -
Municipal bond traders are shifting gears on Friday as they switch out of the debt issuance fast lane and onto the off ramp ahead of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday week.
November 20 -
Municipal bond funds reported inflows for the seventh week in a row, according to Lipper data released on Thursday.
November 19 -
In the week ended Nov. 19, the weekly average yield to maturity of the Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index fell to 4.35% from 4.38% in the previous week. The BB40 Index is based on the price of 40 long-term bonds.
November 19
