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TRADING SECURITY | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018
Trading Securities [Abstract] |
TRADING SECURITY | TRADING SECURITY The Company holds a tax advantaged economic development bond accounted for at fair value. The security had an amortized cost of $10.6 million and $10.8 million, and a fair value of $11.8 million and $12.3 million, at March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. As discussed further in Note 11 - Derivative Financial Instruments and Hedging Activities, the Company entered into a swap contract to swap-out the fixed rate of the security in exchange for a variable rate. The Company does not purchase securities with the intent of selling them in the near term, and there were no other securities in the trading portfolio at March 31, 2018.

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