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Employee Benefit Plans - Health Care Cost Trend Rate (Details)	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]
Pre-65 health care cost trend rate	6.75%	6.90%	7.30%
Post-65 health care cost trend rate			5.50%
Rate to which the cost trend rate is assumed to decline (the ultimate trend rate)	4.50%	5.00%	5.00%

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Defined benefit plan health care cost trend rate assumed for post retirement.

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Defined benefit plan health care cost trend rate assumed for pre retirement.

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Ultimate trend rate for health care cost for defined benefit postretirement plan.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=82843861&loc=d3e1928-114920

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