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 firmed Friday, with yields falling by as much as two basis points, as coronavirus threats grow and a flight-to-safety resumes.
November 13 -
Municipal bonds strengthened Thursday as yields fell by as much as four basis points on AAA curves but coronavirus vaccine rally in stocks slowed and UST, munis regained ground.
November 12 -
John Hallacy, founder of John Hallacy Consulting LLC, and Andrew Coen, Bond Buyer Northeast regional reporter, talk about next week’s $4 billion COVID-19 emergency GO and taxable social bond sale by New Jersey. Chip Barnett moderates the discussion on what it means for the state and whether the issue will become muni bond market benchmarks with an extra appeal to international investors. (15 minutes)
November 12 -
Light primary easily absorbed while secondary trading showed a steadier market as it closes for Veterans Day. Massachusetts announces $1.4 billion of GOs for next week.
November 10 -
Municipal yields rose as much as five basis points on the long end, but the losses were not as pronounced as UST. Light dealer inventories and scarce secondary trading let munis outperform Treasuries.
November 9 -
As the week drew to a close, municipal bond market participants looked ahead to a smaller-than-usual supply slate dominated by revenue bond deals.
November 6 -
To little surprise, the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged. Refinitiv Lipper reported tax-exempt muni bond funds lost about $954 million.
November 5 -
Top-rated muni yields fell by as much as 10 basis points on the AAA curves on Wednesday the largest move better for the market since late April, early May. ICI reported $1.2B of muni bond fund inflows.
November 4 -
The only major deal slated on the calendar, the Maine Turnpike Authority, came to market on Tuesday.
November 3 -
Michael Roth, managing partner at Next Street, talks with Chip Barnett about how Black and Brown businesses are doing during the coronavirus pandemic. He looks at what our industry can do to help, from capital delivery to investment; beyond the usual solutions so small businesses and entrepreneurs in communities of color can succeed in an inclusive economy. (22 minutes) For more on this topic, see: Arizent's 'Access Denied' podcast series.
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