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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (Parenthetical)	3 Months Ended					9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2021 $ / shares	Mar. 31, 2021 Dividend	Sep. 30, 2020 $ / shares	[1]	Mar. 31, 2020 Dividend	Sep. 30, 2021 $ / shares	[1]	Sep. 30, 2020 $ / shares	[1]
Statement of Stockholders' Equity [Abstract]
Dividends declared per common share (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 0.45		$ 0.44			$ 1.79		$ 1.75
Number of dividends declared per quarter | Dividend		2			2
[1] Two dividends were declared in each of the first quarters of 2021 and 2020.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
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