PRESS RELEASE Office of Missouri State Treasurer Sarah Steelman FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  --  March 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 (2/23/06 through 3/1/06)

            Securities Portfolio

            Avg. Portfolio Book Value:   $     2,794,916,977.72

            Avg. Yield:                                         4.422 percent

            Linked Deposits

            Avg. Portfolio Book Value:   $           47,426,138.86

            Avg. Yield:                                          4.386 percent

Unclaimed Property Division (2/23/06 through 3/1/06)

            Amount Returned To Owners:      $       209,774.35

            Number of Accounts Returned:                         585

Banking Division (2/23/06 through 3/1/06)

            State Receipts:                            $ 279,843,479.14

            State Disbursements:                   $ 282,932,965.54

            Electronic Transfers:                                   110,688

            Checks Issued:                                           131,109

            Checks Cleared:                                         150,109

                      (Note: On Feb. 28, the state paid semi-monthly payroll and made MoDOT contractor disbursements.)

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

            Budget Reserve                          $   316,427,011.94

            General Revenue                        $   222,860,048.30*

                      *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. On March 1, Budget Reserve loaned $9,020,000 to the Healthy Families Trust - Health Care Account (fund # 0640)

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