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Short-term Borrowings (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Short-term Borrowings Tables

Schedule of Credit Lines

		Three Months Ended								Nine Months Ended
		September 30,								September 30,
		2016				2015				2016				2015
Average Daily Amounts Outstanding		$	11,734			$	17,304			$	6,177			$	16,992
Weighted Average Interest Rates			1.54%				1.19%				1.52%				1.18%

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Tabular disclosure of short-term debt arrangements (having initial terms of repayment within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer) including: (1) description of the short-term debt arrangement; (2) identification of the lender or type of lender; (3) repayment terms; (4) weighted average interest rate; (5) carrying amount of funds borrowed under the specified short-term debt arrangement as of the balance sheet date; (6) description of the refinancing of a short-term obligation when that obligation is excluded from current liabilities in the balance sheet; and (7) amount of a short-term obligation that has been excluded from current liabilities in the balance sheet because of a refinancing of the obligation.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.19)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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