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Debt Securities Available For Sale Realized Loss

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Debt Securities, Available-for-sale, Restricted

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Debt Securities Trading Realized Gain (Loss)

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Number Of Securities

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The amount of other than temporary impairment losses on investments in debt and equity securities categorized as Available-for-sale which have been recognized in earnings during the period. Such impairment losses consist of other than temporary impairments (OTTI) on equity securities, credit losses on investments in debt securities, and when the entity intends to sell an impaired debt security or it is more likely than not that the entity will be required to sell the impaired debt security before recovery of its amortized cost basis.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 320
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 8A
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The cash inflow associated with the sale of debt securities classified as available-for-sale securities.

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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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Debt Securities Available-for-Sale - Narrative (Details)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($) security	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale securities pledged to secure borrowings and deposits \| $	$ 441,200,000		$ 441,200,000
Proceeds from sale of debt securities available-for-sale \| $	10,100,000	$ 967,000	29,608,000	$ 967,000
Gross realized gains on sales of securities available-for-sale \| $	116,000	0	176,000	0
Gross realized losses on sales of securities available-for-sale \| $	0	4,000	5,000	4,000
Recognized gains (losses) on trading securities portfolio \| $	197,000	260,000	302,000	668,000
Impairment charges against earnings \| $	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Continuous Unrealized Loss Position 12 Months Or Longer \| Non-GSE \| Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits (REMICs)
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Number of securities (securities) \| security			1
Continuous Unrealized Loss Position Less Than 12 Months \| Corporate bonds \| Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits (REMICs)
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Number of securities (securities) \| security			13
Pass Through \| Continuous Unrealized Loss Position 12 Months Or Longer \| GSE \| Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits (REMICs)
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Number of securities (securities) \| security			33
Pass Through \| Continuous Unrealized Loss Position Less Than 12 Months \| GSE \| Pass-through Certificates
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Number of securities (securities) \| security			40
Non Pass Through \| Continuous Unrealized Loss Position 12 Months Or Longer \| GSE \| Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits (REMICs)
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Number of securities (securities) \| security			19
Non Pass Through \| Continuous Unrealized Loss Position Less Than 12 Months \| GSE \| Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits (REMICs)
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Number of securities (securities) \| security			37