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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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The amount per share used to calculated dividend payments on preferred stock.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 13
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=123467817&loc=SL123496158-112644

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Equity (Terms of Outstanding Preferred Stock) (Details)						12 Months Ended
Equity (Terms of Outstanding Preferred Stock) (Details)	Sep. 13, 2021 shares	Nov. 01, 2016 shares	May 07, 2013 shares	Apr. 24, 2012 shares	Jul. 27, 2011 shares	Dec. 31, 2021 votingRightPerShare $ / shares
Series B Preferred Stock
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Preferred stock, dividend rate (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares						$ 1.80
Preferred stock, voting rights \| votingRightPerShare						8
Series O Preferred Stock
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of Depositary Shares Issued and Outstanding					1,000,000
Fractional Interest in a share of preferred stock represented by each Depositary Share					1.00%
Preferred stock, dividend rate, percentage					6.75%
Series P Preferred Stock
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of Depositary Shares Issued and Outstanding				60,000,000
Fractional Interest in a share of preferred stock represented by each Depositary Share				0.025%
Preferred stock, dividend rate, percentage				6.125%
Series R Preferred Stock
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of Depositary Shares Issued and Outstanding			500,000
Fractional Interest in a share of preferred stock represented by each Depositary Share			1.00%
Preferred stock, dividend rate, percentage			4.85%
Series S Preferred Stock
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of Depositary Shares Issued and Outstanding		525,000
Fractional Interest in a share of preferred stock represented by each Depositary Share		1.00%
Preferred stock, dividend rate, percentage		5.00%
Series T Preferred Stock
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of Depositary Shares Issued and Outstanding	1,500,000
Fractional Interest in a share of preferred stock represented by each Depositary Share	1.00%
Preferred stock, dividend rate, percentage	3.40%
3-month LIBOR \| Series O Preferred Stock
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate - LIBOR Plus					3.678%
3-month LIBOR \| Series P Preferred Stock
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate - LIBOR Plus				4.0675%
3-month LIBOR \| Series R Preferred Stock
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate - LIBOR Plus			3.04%
3-month LIBOR \| Series S Preferred Stock
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate - LIBOR Plus		3.30%
3-month LIBOR \| Series T Preferred Stock
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate - LIBOR Plus	2.595%