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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Traders were looking at a light and tight primary municipal bond market as less than $1 billion of deals are packed into a two-day pricing window in this holiday-shortened week .
November 24 -
Municipal bond yields were little changed on Monday at mid-session as the holiday-shortened week opened on a very quiet note as traders looked to at a light primary market calendar of under $1 billion.
November 24 -
The municipal bond market took a breather on Friday as the primary was devoid of any new issuance and the secondary saw yields remain unchanged, according to Municipal Market Data.
November 21 -
The municipal bond market took a breather on Friday as the primary market was devoid of any new issuance and the secondary saw yields remain unchanged, according to a recent read of Municipal Market Data's triple-A scale.
November 21 -
The municipal bond market was sleepy in early trading Friday as next week's holiday took most participants' attention.
November 21 -
The weekly average yield to maturity of the Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices, fell two basis points to 4.39% in the week ending Nov. 20 from 4.41% in the previous week.
November 20 -
The last of the big pre-holiday new issue supply hit the municipal bond market on Thursday, with the state of Connecticut taking over as the leader of the pack.
November 20 -
The last of the big pre-holiday new issue supply hit the municipal bond market on Thursday, with the state of Connecticut leading the pack.
November 20 -
Municipal bond traders will be keeping their eyes on several big deals on Thursday as market activity looks to slow down ahead of upcoming holiday week.
November 20 -
Municipal bonds kept an even keel on Wednesday, even as a boatload of new issues hit the primary market, including several deals upwards of $100 million as well as more than 50 smaller transactions.
November 19 -
The municipal bond market is still steady as a slew of new issues hit the primary market on Wednesday including several deals of good size, which traders said were priced attractively.
November 19 -
The municipal bond market is keeping its focus on new issues as more supply hits the screens on Wednesday.
November 19 -
Municipal bond traders are focusing on the week's hefty new issue calendar, which is kicking off with the sales of several big-ticket items. Municipal bond yields are moving slightly higher Tuesday, continuing the market sell-off that began last week.
November 18 -
The Bond Buyer's weekly yield indexes rose the week ended Dec. 5.
December 5
