PRESS RELEASE Office of Missouri State Treasurer Sarah Steelman FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  --  November 23, 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 (11/17/05 through 11/22/05)

            Avg. Portfolio Book Value:   $     2,969,058,070.24

            Avg. Yield:    3.630 percent.

Unclaimed Property Division (11/17/05 through 11/22/05)

            Amount Returned To Owners:      $       134,915.87

            Number of Accounts Returned:                         688

Banking Division (11/17/05 through 11/22/05)

            State Receipts:            $ 421,345,389.42

            State Disbursements:   $ 628,910,701.90

            Electronic Transfers:                     13,894

            Checks Issued:                            29,684

            Checks Cleared:                          37,029

            (Note: Nov. 17, the state received federal money for Medicaid payments. On Nov. 21 the state made a distribution to schools and payments to Medicaid providers.)

As of close of business November 22nd 2005, cash balances were:

            Budget Reserve             $   229,087,410.57

            General Revenue           $   278,738,261.24*

                      *This balance includes a $200 million transfer on July 19 and a $50 million transfer on Oct. 19 by OA from Budget Reserve to General Revenue for cash flow purposes.

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