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Defined Benefit Plan, Discount Rate, Effect of One-Percentage-Point Increase on Accumulated Postretirement Benefit Obligation

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Amount of decrease in accumulated postretirement benefit obligation from one-percentage-point decrease in assumed health care cost trend rate.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147480506/715-20-50-1

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Amount of increase in accumulated postretirement benefit obligation from one-percentage-point increase in assumed health care cost trend rate.