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Fair Value of Financial Instruments Unobservable Input Reconciliation (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Balance as of the beginning of the period	$ 137	$ 97
Net realized and unrealized (gains)/losses	(21)	39
Transfers out of Level 3 to Level 2	1	2
Balance as of the end of the period	$ 117	$ 134

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Amount of transfers of financial instrument classified as a liability out of level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)(3)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=117815213&loc=d3e19207-110258

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