Fair Value of Financial Instruments Level 3 (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Balance at the beginning of the period	$ 7,243
Unrealized (loss) gain included in OCI	(310)
Principal payments	(361)
Accretion	311
Balance at the end of the period	$ 6,883

Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Asset, Principal Payments.

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- Definition

Amount of discount accreted during the period for financial instrument classified as an asset whose fair value is measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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- Definition

A roll forward is a reconciliation of a concept from the beginning of a period to the end of a period.

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- Definition

Amount of gain (loss) recognized in other comprehensive income (loss) for financial instrument classified as an asset measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)(1a)
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Fair value of financial instrument classified as an asset measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66048111&loc=d3e19207-110258

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