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 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 -
The municipal bond market will see a variety of pricings and sales in the primary. About $12 billion in new bonds are scheduled to come to market this week, most of which are set for sale on Tuesday and Wednesday.
December 9 -
While the municipal bond market is looking at almost $12 billion in new supply this week, total volume for this year is piling up and closing in on 2013 levels. High-grade muni bond yields fell on Monday ahead of the new issuance.
December 8 -
While the municipal bond market is looking at almost $12 billion in new supply this week, total volume for this year is piling up and slowing closing in on 2013 levels.
December 8 -
The municipal bond market's primary sector is very quiet on Friday after the deluge of new issuance earlier in the week and before next week's large calendar slate. High-quality municipal bond yields were higher in secondary trading, according to Municipal Market Data.
December 5 -
The municipal bond market will be relatively quiet on Friday after the deluge of new issuance earlier in the week and before next week's large calendar slate.
December 5 -
The Bond Buyers 20-Bond GO Index of 20-year general obligation yields dropped to its lowest level in at least six months as it fell 11 basis points in the week ended Dec. 3 to 3.83% from 3.94% in the previous week.
December 4 -
The municipal bond market saw the last of the week's big deals price on Thursday after as much as $8 billion of new supply poured into the market the day before. Yields on high quality munis declined, according to Municipal Market Data.
December 4 -
The municipal bond market is seeing the last of the week's big deals price after as much as $8 billion of new supply that came to market on Wednesday.
December 4 -
The municipal bond market on Thursday will be digesting as much as $8 billion of new supply that came to market on Wednesday while a few large deals are left on this week's calendar.
December 4 -
Between $5 billion and $6 billion of new supply flooded into the municipal bond market on Wednesday as numerous deals were sold and priced. New Jersey came to market with $525 million of general obligation bonds in the competitive arena while two issuers from Texas came to market with almost $2 billion of debt in the negotiated sector.
December 3
