Financial Instruments Financial Instruments narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Financial Instruments, Owned, US Government and Agency Obligations, at Fair Value	$ 1,004,658	$ 1,040,678
Financial Instruments, Owned, US Government and Agency Obligations, at Fair Value	1,004,658	$ 1,040,678
Debt securities gross unrealized gains	100
Debt instrument fair value senior notes 2023	757,900
Debt instrument fair value senior notes 2025	554,900
Debt instrument fair value senior notes 2027	$ 585,900

The fair value as of the balance sheet date of firm holdings in debt obligations issued by the US government including short-term Treasury bills, medium-term Treasury notes, and long-term Treasury bonds, as well as debt issued by agencies. Includes both pledged (to counterparties as collateral for financing transactions) and unpledged holdings.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 940
-SubTopic 320
-Section 45
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35711157&loc=d3e42546-110969

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