PRESS RELEASE Office of Missouri State Treasurer Sarah Steelman FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  --  December 16, 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 (12/8/05 through 12/14/05)

            Avg. Portfolio Book Value:   $     2,774,317,466.78

            Avg. Yield:    3.686 percent.

Unclaimed Property Division (12/8/05 through 12/14/05)

            Amount Returned To Owners:      $       385,353.84

            Number of Accounts Returned:                         993

Banking Division (12/8/05 through 12/14/05)

            State Receipts:            $ 207,038,514.14

            State Disbursements:   $ 129,167,758.23

            Electronic Transfers:                     13,309

            Checks Issued:                            42,944

            Checks Cleared:                          37,091

As of close of business December 12th 2005, cash balances were:

            Budget Reserve             $   330,748,814.83

            General Revenue           $   296,066,279.54*

                      *On Dec. 5, OA repaid $100 million of the $250 million (in total) that was transferred on July 19 and Oct. 19 from Budget Reserve to General Revenue for cash-flow purposes. The GR balance shown here includes the remaining $150 million from Budget Reserve.

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