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Debt Obligations (Other Credit Facilities) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Clearinghouse Credit Facilities
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility, available liquidity	$ 170	$ 202

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Credit Facility Available Liquidity

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Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	instant

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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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Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

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