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This element represents the weighted average of the amortized costs of the securities (the average amount per security).

No definition available.

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This element represents the weighted average of the fair values of the securities (the average amount per security).

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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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