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Short-term Borrowings (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Short-term Borrowings Tables

Schedule of Credit Lines

The weighted average daily amounts of borrowings outstanding under the Company’s credit lines and the weighted average interest rates on those amounts were as follows:

		(In Thousands)
		Three Months Ended								Nine Months Ended
		September 30,								September 30,
		2017				2016				2017				2016
Average Daily Amounts Outstanding		$	21,055			$	11,734			$	16,447			$	6,177
Weighted Average Interest Rates			2.28%				1.54%				2.07%				1.52%

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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)
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