PRESS RELEASE Office of Missouri State Treasurer Sarah Steelman FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  --  July 29, 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 (07/21/05 through 07/27/05)

            Avg. Portfolio Book Value:  $      2,954,995,911.67

            Avg. Yield:    3.122 percent.

            (note: Treasury’s balance includes $370 million of MoDOT bond proceeds received in July.)

Unclaimed Property Division (07/21/05 through 07/27/05)

            Amount Returned To Owners:      $ 296,707.38

            Number of Accounts Returned:                    971

Banking Division (07/21/05 through 07/27/05)

            State Receipts:            $ 344,867,093.34

            State Disbursements:   $ 366,364,668.48

            Electronic Transfers:                      7,299

            Checks Issued:                            32,002

            Checks Cleared:                          43,262

            (Note: on July 19, $200 million was transferred from the Budget Reserve Fund to the General Revenue Fund for cash flow purposes. On July 21, the state made a distribution to schools, and MoDOT received the proceeds of a bond issuance.)

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