PRESS RELEASE Office of Missouri State Treasurer Sarah Steelman FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  --  January 20, 2006

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 (1/12/06 through 1/18/06)

            Avg. Portfolio Book Value:   $     3,017,998,830.23

            Avg. Yield:    3.855 percent.

Unclaimed Property Division (1/12/06 through 1/18/06)

            Amount Returned To Owners:      $       143,644.52

            Number of Accounts Returned:                         589

Banking Division (1/12/06 through 1/18/06)

            State Receipts:            $ 466,031,720.65

            State Disbursements:   $ 293,806,028.73

            Electronic Transfers:                     63,083

            Checks Issued:                             45,790

            Checks Cleared:                           34,141

                      (Note: On Jan. 13, the state made a distribution to schools and received federal money for highway projects. On Jan. 17, the state paid semi-monthly state payroll and made MoDOT contractor disbursements. On Jan. 18, the state received federal money for Medicaid payments.)

As of close of business January 18th 2005, cash balances were:

            Budget Reserve             $   331,783.850.23

            General Revenue           $   211,048,071.86*

                      *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