PRESS RELEASE Office of Missouri State Treasurer Sarah Steelman FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  --  December 30, 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 (12/22/05 through 12/28/05)

            Avg. Portfolio Book Value:   $     2,642,995,240.97

            Avg. Yield:    3.715 percent.

Unclaimed Property Division (12/22/05 through 12/28/05)

            Amount Returned To Owners:      $       180,214.54

            Number of Accounts Returned:                      1,014

Banking Division (12/22/05 through 12/28/05)

            State Receipts:            $ 236,639,395.94

            State Disbursements:   $   70,751,977.79

            Electronic Transfers:                       5,089

            Checks Issued:                            19,144

            Checks Cleared:                          29,871

As of close of business December 28th 2005, cash balances were:

            Budget Reserve             $   331,338,754.89

            General Revenue           $   275,389,376.91*

                      *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