Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Schedule of Interest Rate Swap Payers (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional	$ 17,159,801,000	$ 23,932,603,000	$ 48,445,497,000
Interest Rate Swap [Member] \| Long [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional	$ 13,157,569,000	$ 11,194,818,000
Weighted Average Fixed Interest Rate	0.213%	0.067%
Weighted Average Variable Interest Rate	0.067%	0.09%
Weighted Average Remaining Maturity	2 years 2 months 1 day	2 years 5 months 19 days
Interest Rate Swap [Member] \| Derivative Maturity Within One Year From Balance Sheet Date [Member] \| Long [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional	$ 7,415,818,000	$ 0
Weighted Average Fixed Interest Rate	0.42%	0.00%
Weighted Average Variable Interest Rate	0.07%	0.00%
Weighted Average Remaining Maturity	7 months 28 days	0 years
Interest Rate Swap [Member] \| Derivative Maturity Over One And Within Two Years From Balance Sheet Date [Member] \| Long [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional	$ 2,582,084,000	$ 7,415,818,000
Weighted Average Fixed Interest Rate	0.113%	0.042%
Weighted Average Variable Interest Rate	0.068%	0.09%
Weighted Average Remaining Maturity	1 year 6 months 3 days	1 year 7 months 28 days
Interest Rate Swap [Member] \| Derivative Maturity Over Two And Within Three Years From Balance Sheet Date [Member] \| Long [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional	$ 0	$ 2,281,500,000
Weighted Average Fixed Interest Rate	0.00%	0.023%
Weighted Average Variable Interest Rate	0.00%	0.09%
Weighted Average Remaining Maturity	0 years	2 years 5 months 23 days
Interest Rate Swap [Member] \| Derivative Maturity Over Three And Within Four Years From Balance Sheet Date [Member] \| Long [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional	$ 377,610,000	$ 0
Weighted Average Fixed Interest Rate	1.03%	0.00%
Weighted Average Variable Interest Rate	0.05%	0.00%
Weighted Average Remaining Maturity	3 years 11 months 15 days	0 years
Interest Rate Swap [Member] \| Derivative Maturity Over Four Years From Balance Sheet Date [Member] \| Long [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Notional	$ 2,782,057,000	$ 1,497,500,000
Weighted Average Fixed Interest Rate	0.652%	0.257%
Weighted Average Variable Interest Rate	0.063%	0.09%
Weighted Average Remaining Maturity	6 years 6 months 21 days	6 years 5 months 26 days

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Average remaining period until maturity of the derivative contract, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Average variable interest rate related to the group of interest rate 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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 815
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1B
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=125515794&loc=SL5580258-113959

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 815
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1A
-Subparagraph (d)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=125515794&loc=SL5579245-113959

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