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Fair Value Measurements Narrative (Details)	Sep. 30, 2020 Loans
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Debt Agreements Not Publicly Held	4

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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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