PRESS RELEASE Office of Missouri State Treasurer Sarah Steelman FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  --  July 22, 2005

State Treasurer Sarah Steelman’s

Weekly Office Performance Report

            JEFFERSON CITY—Below is a weekly accounting of the activities and performance of the three divisions of the Missouri Treasurer’s Office.

Investment Division (07/14/05 through 07/20/05)

            Avg. Portfolio Book Value:  $      3,148,319,186.13

            Avg. Yield:    3.110 percent.

Unclaimed Property Division (07/14/05 through 07/20/05)

            Amount Returned To Owners:      $ 595,854.68

            Number of Accounts Returned:                 1,720

Banking Division (07/14/05 through 07/20/05)

            State Receipts:            $ 771,490,783.14

            State Disbursements:   $ 673,349,110.20

            Electronic Transfers:                    73,019

            Checks Issued:                            60,525

            Checks Cleared:                          41,235

            (Note: on July 15, the state made a distribution to schools, paid state semi-monthly payroll and made MoDOT contractor disbursements. On July 18, the state received federal money to fund Medicaid payments. On July 20, the state made payments to Medicaid providers.)

Contact: Mark Hughes, director of policy and communications (573) 751-7595
Email: mark.hughes@treasurer.mo.gov.
An electronic version of this release is available at:
http://www.treasurer.mo.gov/newsandevents.asp