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Percentage of accounts receivable and financial Derivative credit exposures with investment grade counterparties.

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Percent of the fair value of outstanding in the money net risk management contracts accounted for by counterparties which individually account for more than 10% of the fair value of the outstanding in-th-money net risk managmenent contracts.

No definition available.

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The amount of foreign currency that the entity has contractually agreed, or for which it has the option, to buy or sell with respect to the contract being described.

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The entity's designation of its position on the foreign currency contract being described. This flag can only have the values of "Buy" or "Sell".

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Amount of assets pledged to secure a debt instrument.

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Average contractual rate at which a foreign currency can be purchased or sold.

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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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The difference between the book value and the sale price of options, swaps, futures, forward contracts, and other derivative instruments. This element refers to the gain (loss) included in earnings.

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

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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.

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Describe the approximate term of the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees.

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Maximum amount of time remaining before foreign currency exchange rate derivatives mature or expire, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

No definition available.

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Number of credit risk derivative instruments held.

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The net change in the difference between the fair value and the carrying value, or in the comparative fair values, of derivative instruments, including options, swaps, futures, and forward contracts, held at each balance sheet date, that was included in earnings for the period.

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