PRESS RELEASE

Office of Missouri State Treasurer
Sarah Steelman


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  --  December 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 (12/15/05 through 12/21/05)


            Interest Earnings:                   $            1,994,544.87

            Avg. Portfolio Book Value:   $     2,790,341,486.34

            Avg. Yield:    3.727 percent.

Unclaimed Property Division (12/15/05 through 12/21/05)

            Amount Returned To Owners:      $       526,644.09

            Number of Accounts Returned:                       1,043

Banking Division (12/15/05 through 12/21/05)

 

            State Receipts:            $ 606,348,707.54

            State Disbursements:   $ 909.963,209.88

            Electronic Transfers:                     70,133

            Checks Issued:                            42,350

            Checks Cleared:                          46,402

                      (Note: On Dec. 15, the state made a distribution to schools, paid state semi-monthly payroll and made MoDOT contractor disbursements. On Dec. 16, the state received federal money for Medicaid payments. On December 19, DESE received federal money for distribution to schools. On Dec. 20, the state made payments to Medicaid providers. On Dec. 21, the state made a distribution to schools. )

As of close of business December 19th 2005, cash balances were:

 

            Budget Reserve             $   331,070,163.37

            General Revenue           $   242,314,958.42*

                      *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