Mike Scarchilli has been with The Bond Buyer since 2005, serving at the helm as Editor in Chief since 2013. Scarchilli was previously Managing Editor, responsible for the day-to-day operations of the brand’s web site and newspaper. Before becoming an editor, Scarchilli was The Bond Buyer’s senior market correspondent, covering the cross-market fallout from the subprime debt crisis, and earlier was a regional reporter covering issuers in the Northeast. He holds a bachelor's in journalism from New York University.
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The municipal market was unchanged to slightly weaker yesterday, with the weakness situated inside of 20 years, amid fairly light secondary trading activity.
April 5 -
The municipal market was unchanged to slightly weaker Thursday amid fairly light trading activity in the secondary.
April 1 -
The Bond Buyer’s weekly yield indexes were mixed this week, as the short end of the municipal yield curve cheapened, but the long end remained unchanged to slightly firmer.
March 31 -
The municipal market was mixed yesterday amid light to moderate secondary trading activity.
March 31 -
The municipal market was slightly weaker yesterday amid fairly light secondary trading.
March 30 -
The municipal market was mostly flat yesterday amid fairly light secondary trading activity.
March 29 -
The municipal market was unchanged to slightly weaker Friday amid fairly light secondary trading activity.
March 26 -
The municipal market was weaker by between two and 10 basis points yesterday, depending on the maturity, as California took center stage in the primary.
March 25 -
Nearly all of The Bond Buyer’s weekly yield indexes rose this week, as cheapness particularly on the short-end of the curve permeated the market.
March 25 -
The municipal market was weaker by about three basis points overall yesterday, as the Los Angeles Department of Airports came to market with $930.2 million of debt in the primary.
March 24 -
The municipal market was unchanged to slightly weaker yesterday, as $2.15 billion of Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. debt was priced in the primary.
March 23 -
The municipal market was mostly unchanged yesterday amid fairly light trading activity in the secondary.
March 22 -
The municipal market was unchanged Friday amid fairly light secondary trading activity.
March 19 -
The municipal market was unchanged to slightly weaker yesterday, amid light to moderate secondary trading activity, and as New York City came to market with approximately $750 million of total issuance.
March 18 -
The Bond Buyer’s weekly yield indexes were somewhat mixed this week, with yields little changed after a new-issue driven week.
March 18 -
The municipal market was unchanged to slightly weaker yesterday, as some of the week’s largest transactions were priced in the new-issue market.
March 17 -
The municipal market was mostly unchanged yesterday, with a slightly weaker tone, as the Federal Open Market Committee again held the federal funds rate target unchanged.
March 16 -
The municipal market was unchanged to slightly weaker yesterday amid fairly light secondary-trading activity.
March 15 -
The municipal market was unchanged Friday amid fairly light secondary trading activity.
March 12 -
California yesterday increased its general obligation bond sale to $2.5 billion, pricing it against a backdrop of a mostly unchanged municipal market.
March 11
