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Capital (Dividends and Retained Earnings) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands								9 Months Ended
	Oct. 30, 2020	Jul. 30, 2020	Apr. 30, 2020	Feb. 21, 2020	Jul. 30, 2019	Apr. 26, 2019	Feb. 28, 2019	Sep. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Capital [Line Items]
Capital Distributions Made by FHLBs for recap of FSLIC								$ 680,000
Excess Funds Available for Distribution to FICO Shareholders								200,000
Partial Recovery Of Prior Capital Distribution To Financing Corporation								$ 8,541
Joint Capital Enhancement Agreement Percentage								20.00%
Percent of Average Balance of Outstanding Consolidated Obligations Required per the Joint Capital Enhancement Agreement For Each Previous Quarter								1.00%
Unrestricted								$ 905,125	$ 910,726
Restricted								446,023	415,288
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit)								1,351,148	1,326,014
Subclass B1 [Member]
Capital [Line Items]
Common Stock, Value, Outstanding								300,000	300,000
Dividends Cash, Annualized Rate		3.00%	3.00%	4.50%	4.50%	4.50%	4.50%
Subclass B1 [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Capital [Line Items]
Dividends Cash, Annualized Rate	3.00%
Subclass B2 [Member]
Capital [Line Items]
Common Stock, Value, Outstanding								$ 1,500,000	$ 2,700,000
Dividends Cash, Annualized Rate		6.25%	6.25%	7.75%	7.75%	7.75%	7.75%
Subclass B2 [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Capital [Line Items]
Dividends Cash, Annualized Rate	6.25%