PRESS RELEASE Office of Missouri State Treasurer Sarah Steelman FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  --  April 21, 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 (4/13/06 through 4/19/06)

            Avg. Portfolio Book Value:   $     2,959,720,184.00

            Avg. Yield:                                         4.224 percent

Unclaimed Property Division (4/13/06 through 4/19/06)

            Amount Returned To Owners:      $     1,010,525.40

            Number of Accounts Returned:                       1,160

Banking Division (4/13/06 through 4/19/06)

            State Receipts:                            $ 1,097,318,158.78

            State Disbursements:                   $    591,191,472.87

            Electronic Transfers:                                     146,791

            Checks Issued:                                             232,961

            Checks Cleared:                                           208,241

                      (Note: On April 17, Budget Reserve transferred $2,647,725.00 to the Mental Health Intergovernmental Transfer Fund, (Fund No. 0147.) On April 19, that transfer was repaid to the Budget Reserve Fund.)

As of close of business April 20th 2006, cash balances were:

            Budget Reserve                          $   230,506,102.16

            General Revenue                        $   294,213,884.12*

                      *The GR balance includes a $225 million cash flow loan 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