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Fair value, before effects of master netting arrangements, of a financial asset or other contract with one or more underlyings, notional amount or payment provision or both, and the contract can be net settled by means outside the contract or delivery of an asset. Includes assets elected not to be offset. Excludes assets not subject to a master netting arrangement.

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Fair value of the assets less the liabilities of a derivative or group of derivatives.

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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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Nominal or face amount used to calculate payment on derivative.

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Derivative and Other Hedging Instruments (TBA Securities by Coupon and Issuer) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
TBA and Forward Settling Agency Securities [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount	$ 19,050.0	$ 26,673.0	$ 30,364.0	$ 7,322.0
Cost Basis	18,407.0	27,184.0
Net long TBA position, at fair value	18,574.0	27,140.0
TBA, net carrying value	167.0	(44.0)
Forward Settling non-Agency Securities
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount	0.0	450.0	$ 0.0
Net long TBA position, at fair value		400.0
TBA, net carrying value		0.2
30 Year Maturity [Member] \| TBA and Forward Settling Agency Securities [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount	19,050.0	24,634.0
Cost Basis	18,407.0	25,128.0
Net long TBA position, at fair value	18,574.0	25,081.0
TBA, net carrying value	167.0	(47.0)
30 Year Maturity [Member] \| 2.5% Coupon [Member] \| TBA and Forward Settling Agency Securities [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount	737.0	20,494.0
Cost Basis	626.0	20,825.0
Net long TBA position, at fair value	619.0	20,788.0
TBA, net carrying value	(7.0)	(37.0)
30 Year Maturity [Member] \| 4.5% Coupon [Member] \| TBA and Forward Settling Agency Securities [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount	16,457.0	0.0
Cost Basis	16,100.0	0.0
Net long TBA position, at fair value	16,276.0	0.0
TBA, net carrying value	176.0	0.0
30 Year Maturity [Member] \| 3.0% - 4.0% Coupons \| TBA and Forward Settling Agency Securities [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount	1,856.0	4,140.0
Cost Basis	1,681.0	4,303.0
Net long TBA position, at fair value	1,679.0	4,293.0
TBA, net carrying value	(2.0)	(10.0)
15 Year Maturity [Member] \| TBA and Forward Settling Agency Securities [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount	0.0	2,039.0
Cost Basis	0.0	2,056.0
Net long TBA position, at fair value	0.0	2,059.0
TBA, net carrying value	0.0	3.0
15 Year Maturity [Member] \| 2.5% Coupon [Member] \| TBA and Forward Settling Agency Securities [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount	0.0	2,039.0
Cost Basis	0.0	2,056.0
Net long TBA position, at fair value	0.0	2,059.0
TBA, net carrying value	$ 0.0	$ 3.0