PRESS RELEASE Office of Missouri State Treasurer Sarah Steelman FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  --  December 2, 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 (11/24/05 through 11/30/05)

            Avg. Portfolio Book Value:   $     2,716,273,832.60

            Avg. Yield:    3.614 percent.

Unclaimed Property Division (11/24/05 through 11/30/05)

            Amount Returned To Owners:      $       201,035.56

            Number of Accounts Returned:                         794

Banking Division (11/24/05 through 11/30/05)

            State Receipts:            $ 262,471,016.35

            State Disbursements:   $ 256,270,044.52

            Electronic Transfers:                     58,577

            Checks Issued:                            31,822

            Checks Cleared:                          34,299

            (Note: On Nov. 30, the state paid semi-monthly payroll and made MoDOT contractor disbursements. Nov. 24 and Nov. 25 were state holidays.)

As of close of business November 30th 2005, cash balances were:

            Budget Reserve             $   229,279,092.96

            General Revenue           $   371,264,330.46*

                      *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