GUARANTEES AND COLLATERAL (Narrative) (Details) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) fund	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Guaranteed LIHTC Funds
Financial Instruments Owned and Pledged as Collateral [Line Items]
Guaranteed Funds \| fund	1
Non-Guaranteed Funds [Member]
Financial Instruments Owned and Pledged as Collateral [Line Items]
Maximum Exposure	$ 0.1	$ 0.1
Carrying Amount	$ 0.0	$ 0.0

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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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- Definition

The current carrying amount of the liability for the freestanding or embedded guarantor's obligations under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 460
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=82913245&loc=d3e12069-110248

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- Definition

Maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) the guarantor could be required to make under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees before reduction for potential recoveries under recourse or collateralization provisions.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 460
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (b)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=82913245&loc=d3e12069-110248

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