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Amount of adjustment for adoption of accounting pronouncement recognized in the income statement for financial instrument classified as an asset measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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Represents the change due to the consolidations of Variable Interest Entity (VIE) that have taken place during the period in relation to the assets measured at fair value and categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

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Represents the change due to the deconsolidations of Variable Interest Entity (VIE) that have taken place during the period in relation to the assets measured at fair value and categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

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This item represents the amount of the total realized and unrealized gains or losses for the period which are included in the statement of income (or changes in net assets) in change in fair value; the fair value of which assets was or is measured on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3).

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Amount of gain (loss) recognized on the income statement for a financial instrument classified as an asset measured using unobservable inputs, still held at the end of the period.

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Represents the change due to the consolidations of Variable Interest Entity (VIE) that have taken place during the period in relation to liabilities measured at fair value and categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

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Represents the change due to deconsolidation of Variable Interest Entity (VIE) that has taken place during the period in relation to liabilities measured at fair value and categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

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Amount of gain (loss) recognized on the income statement for a financial instrument classified as an liability measured using unobservable inputs, still held at the end of the period.

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The sum of the periodic adjustments of the differences between securities' face values and purchase prices that are charged against earnings. This is called accretion if the security was purchased at a discount and amortization if it was purchased at premium. As a noncash item, this element is an adjustment to net income when calculating cash provided by or used in operations using the indirect method.

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A roll forward is a reconciliation of a concept from the beginning of a period to the end of a period.

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A roll forward is a reconciliation of a concept from the beginning of a period to the end of a period.

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Amount of transfers of financial instrument classified as a liability into level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

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Amount of transfers of financial instrument classified as a liability out of level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

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Amount of gain (loss) recognized in other comprehensive income (loss) for financial instrument classified as an asset measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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Amount of purchases of financial instrument classified as an asset measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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Amount of sale of financial instrument classified as an asset measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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Amount of settlement of financial instrument classified as an asset measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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Fair value of financial instrument classified as an asset measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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Amount of gain (loss) recognized on the income statement for financial instrument classified as a liability measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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Amount of issuances of financial instrument classified as a liability measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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Amount of settlements of financial instrument classified as a liability measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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Fair value of financial instrument classified as a liability measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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