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Amount of accumulated pre-tax unrealized loss on investments in held-to-maturity securities that have been in a loss position for twelve months or longer.

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This item represents the excess of amortized cost basis over fair value of securities that have been in a loss position for less than twelve months for those securities which are categorized as held-to-maturity.

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This item represents the fair value of securities categorized as held-to-maturity which are in an unrealized loss position.

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