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FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2022
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Debt Instrument Fair Value Basis Adjustment Attributable to Hedged Debt | As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the following amounts were recorded on the consolidated balance sheets related to cumulative basis adjustments for fair value hedges included in the carrying amount of long-term debt:
|  |  |  |  | Hedge Accounting Basis Adjustment (a)
Balance Sheet Classification |  |  |  | March 31, 2022 |  |  |  | December 31, 2021
Long-term debt |  |  |  | $ | 35 |  |  |  |  | $ | 38 |
(a) As of both March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the entire balance is associated with remaining unamortized hedging adjustments on discontinued relationships.

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