Includes $ 40 and $ 62 of other short-term investments, $ 668 and $ 1,297 of portfolio loans and leases, $ (4) and $ (6) of ALLL, $ 5 and $ 7 of other assets, $ 1 and $ 2 of other liabilities and $ 606 and $ 1,190 of long-term debt from consolidated VIEs that are included in their respec tive captions above at December 31, 2018 and 2017 , respectively. For further information, refer to Note 10 .

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