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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The municipal bond market was quiet on Monday as few deals are scheduled for this holiday-shortened week. At mid-session, prices of high-grade municipal bonds were unchanged, according to Municipal Market Data.
December 22 -
The municipal bond market saw spreads on Puerto Rico bonds widen in secondary trading on Wednesday while prices of high-quality municipal bonds were weaker, according to Municipal Market Data.
December 17 -
The municipal bond market on Wednesday saw two issues from Massachusetts sell in the competitive market as dealers worked through their inventory of the week's new supply.
December 17 -
The municipal bond market on Wednesday is looking at the last of the week's big deals after seeing the bulk of the week's new issuance price on Tuesday. Prices of high-quality municipal bonds firmed on Tuesday.
December 17 -
The municipal bond market saw some of the last of the big issues priced on Tuesday. Prices of high-quality municipal bonds were stronger, according to Municipal Market Data.
December 16 -
The municipal bond market is seeing some of the last of the big issues being priced on Tuesday. Prices of high-quality municipal bonds were firmer at mid-session, according to Municipal Market Data.
December 16 -
The municipal bond market is eagerly awaiting the rest of the week's new issue supply as the end of the year slowly approaches.
December 16 -
The municipal bond market got off to a quiet start to the week on Monday after surviving two of the busiest weeks of the year where an estimated $25 billion of new supply was priced. Municipal bond prices traded slightly weaker on the day, according to Municipal Market Data.
December 15 -
The municipal bond market was starting last full trading week of 2014 quietly the after polishing off two of the busiest weeks of the year where an estimated $25 billion of new supply was priced.
December 15 -
The municipal bond market is looking ahead to the new week's lighter calendar and to the last full trading week of the year. Traders took a breather after seeing between $25 billion and $28 billion in new supply come to market in just the past two weeks. Municipal bond prices closed out the week higher, with the yield on the benchmark 10-year falling under 2%, according to Municipal Market Data.
December 12 -
The municipal bond market is looking ahead to next week's lighter calendar - and the last full trading week of the year.
December 12 -
The municipal bond market is looking ahead to next week the last full trading week of the year. On Friday, traders were taking a breather after seeing heavy supply come to market in the past two weeks.
December 12 -
For the week ended Dec. 11, the weekly average yield to maturity of the Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices, dropped three basis points to 4.32% from 4.35%.
December 11 -
The municipal bond market saw the last of this week's big new issues come to market on Thursday as muni bond prices remained unchanged. The total size of the municipal bond market declined in the third quarter of the year, according to the Federal Reserve, dropping to its lowest level in more than five years.
December 11 -
The municipal bond market on Thursday is seeing the last of this week's big new issues priced. Municipal bonds were slightly lower at mid-session.
December 11 -
The municipal bond market saw more supply priced on Wednesday with the Los Angeles, Calif., Community College District coming to market with almost $3 billion of bonds, the largest sale of the week. High-grade municipal bond prices were little changed, according to Municipal Market Data.
December 10 -
The municipal bond market is seeing the last of this week's big issues priced on Wednesday, as the largest sale of the week came to market.
December 10 -
The municipal bond market is set to see the last of the week's big issues priced on Wednesday, with the largest sale of the week on tap from California.
December 10 -
A slew of new municipal bond deals priced on Tuesday with issuers from Texas and California dominating the primary market. Traders reported that many of the deals were oversubscribed and that they were attractively priced.
December 9 -
The municipal bond market saw a slew of new supply priced in the primary on Tuesday, led by two big deals in the Lone Star State. About $12 billion in new bonds are scheduled to come to market this week, the bulk of which are set for sale on Tuesday and Wednesday.
December 9
