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The minimum amount of net capital which the reporting entity's U.S. broker dealer subsidiary is required to maintain in orer to maintain compliance with the debt instrument.

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Number of Banks

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Short-Term Debt, Number of Commercial Paper Programs

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Reflects the total carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of debt having initial terms less than one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
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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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