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The amount of additional assets that would be required to be posted as collateral for derivative instruments with credit-risk-related contingent features that would be triggered by a one notch downgrade to the entity's credit rating.

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Par value as of the balance sheet date of hybrid instruments.

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The value of securities collateral posted for derivative instruments that is reflected in the balance sheet.

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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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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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The aggregate fair value amounts of derivative instruments that contain credit-risk-related contingent features that are in a net liability position at the end of the reporting period. For nonderivative instruments that are designated and qualify as hedging instruments, the fair value amounts are the carrying value of the nonderivative hedging instrument, including the adjustment for the foreign currency transaction gain (loss) on that instrument.

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Fair value as of the balance sheet date of hybrid instruments.

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