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Variable interest entity assets.

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Variable Interest Entity Nonconsolidated Carrying Amount of Assets

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Difference between the carrying amount of assets and liabilities in the reporting entity's statement of financial position that relate to the reporting entity's variable interest in the variable interest entity (VIE) and the reporting entity's maximum exposure to loss as a result of its involvement with the VIE, where the reporting entity is not the VIE's primary beneficiary.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 810
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121559654&loc=d3e5728-111685

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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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