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Commitments and Contingencies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] |
Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligations Disclosure [Table Text Block] | The following table summarizes minimum noncancelable payments contractually due under Federated's significant service contracts and employment arrangements:
|  | Payments due in |
in millions |  | 2018 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2020 |  |  | Total |
Purchase obligations 1 |  | $ | 12.6 |  |  | $ | 5.5 |  |  | $ | 2.4 |  |  | $ | 20.5 |
Employment-related commitments 2 |  | 10.7 |  |  | 3.9 |  |  | 2.3 |  |  | 16.9 |
Other obligations |  | 2.4 |  |  | 1.0 |  |  | 0.1 |  |  | 3.5 |
Total |  | $ | 25.7 |  |  | $ | 10.4 |  |  | $ | 4.8 |  |  | $ | 40.9 |
1 | Federated is a party to various contracts pursuant to which it receives certain services, including services for marketing and information technology, access to various fund-related information systems and research databases, trade order transmission and recovery services as well as other services. These contracts contain certain minimum noncancelable payments, cancellation provisions and renewal terms. The contracts require payments through the year 2020. Costs for such services are expensed as incurred.
2 | Federated has certain domestic and international employment arrangements pursuant to which Federated is obligated to make minimum compensation payments.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of unconditional purchase obligations that are not recognized as a liability on the balance sheet, including the nature and significant terms of an unconditional purchase obligation; the amount of the fixed and determinable portion of the obligation as of the date of the latest balance sheet presented in the aggregate and, if determinable, for each of the five succeeding fiscal years; the nature of any variable components of the obligation; the amount purchased under the obligation (for example, the take-or-pay or throughput contract) for the reporting period; and may include the amount of imputed interest necessary to reduce the obligation to present value. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 440 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=77896938&loc=d3e25287-109308 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 440 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=77896938&loc=d3e25336-109308 + Details
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