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Repurchase Agreements (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013
Repurchase Agreements [Abstract] |
Schedule of Repurchase Agreements [Table Text Block] | The following table details the Company's outstanding borrowings under repurchase agreements as of September 30, 2013:
|  |  |  | Weighted Average
Original Maturity |  | Borrowings Outstanding |  | Interest Rate |  | Remaining Days to Maturity
|  | (In thousands) |  |  |  |
30 days or less |  | $ | 513,660 |  |  | 0.36 | % |  | 11
31-60 days |  | 412,485 |  |  | 0.38 |  |  | 45
61-90 days |  | 143,530 |  |  | 0.38 |  |  | 74
91-120 days |  | 28,897 |  |  | 0.39 |  |  | 105
121-150 days |  | 99,464 |  |  | 0.42 |  |  | 136
151-180 days |  | 94,910 |  |  | 0.41 |  |  | 164
Total |  | $ | 1,292,946 |  |  | 0.38 | % |  | 52

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- Definition The entire disclosure for repurchase agreements. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 08 -Paragraph m -Subparagraph 1 -Article 4 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(m)(1)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6881521&loc=d3e23780-122690 + Details
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