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Variable Interest Entities (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018
Variable Interest Entities [Abstract] |
Consolidated Variable Interest Entity Asset and Liability information |
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﻿ |  | of |  |  | Notional |  | Carrying |  |  | of |  |  | Notional |  | Carrying |
﻿ | Instruments |  | Amounts |  | Value |  | Instruments |  | Amounts |  | Value |
﻿Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿Total return swap |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 587 |  |  | - |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 573 |  |  | - |
﻿Total assets |  |  | 1 |  |  | $ | 587 |  | $ | - |  |  |  | 1 |  |  | $ | 573 |  | $ | - |
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