PRESS RELEASE Office of Missouri State Treasurer Sarah Steelman FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  --  January 27, 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 (1/19/06 through 1/25/06)

            Avg. Portfolio Book Value:   $     2,907,920,000.66

            Avg. Yield:    3.851 percent.

Unclaimed Property Division (1/19/06 through 1/25/06)

            Amount Returned To Owners:      $       416,098.45

            Number of Accounts Returned:                         998

Banking Division (1/19/06 through 1/25/06)

            State Receipts:            $ 361,088,815.44

            State Disbursements:   $ 622,738,390.42

            Electronic Transfers:                     35,830

            Checks Issued:                             78,475

            Checks Cleared:                           54,966

As of close of business January 25th 2005, cash balances were:

            Budget Reserve             $   331,994,698.90

            General Revenue           $   327,356,228.92*

                      (Note: on Jan. 25, the cash flow loan to the Mental Health Intergovernmental Transfer Fund , Fund No. 0147, in the amount of $2,647,725.00 was repaid along with just under $800 in interest.)

                      *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