Borrowings under Repurchase Agreements Borrowings under Repurchase Agreements Schedule of Repurchase Agreement by Counterparty (Details)	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Repurchase Agreement Counterparty [Line Items]
Repurchase Agreement Counterparty Concentration Risk Threshold	10.00%
Repurchase Agreement Counterparty, Weighted Average Maturity of Agreements	24 days	26 days

Repurchase Agreement Counterparty Concentration Risk Threshold

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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 235
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08(m)(1)(iii))
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147480678/235-10-S99-1

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Weighted average maturity (weighted by amount of the agreement) of repurchase agreements with the counterparty, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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