PRESS RELEASE Office of Missouri State Treasurer Sarah Steelman FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  --  February 3, 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 (1/26/06 through 2/1/06)

            Avg. Portfolio Book Value:   $     2,962,550,749.56

            Avg. Yield:    3.693 percent.

Unclaimed Property Division (1/26/06 through 2/1/06)

            Amount Returned To Owners:      $       179,024.21

            Number of Accounts Returned:                         626

Banking Division (1/26/06 through 2/1/06)

            State Receipts:            $ 302,391,827.16

            State Disbursements:   $ 307,636,505.94

            Electronic Transfers:                     92,825

            Checks Issued:                           103,585

            Checks Cleared:                           74,656

As of close of business February 1st 2006, cash balances were:

            Budget Reserve             $   332,182,402.74

            General Revenue           $   415,240,758.84*

                      *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