Income Taxes Income Taxes (Tables)

9 Months Ended

May 31, 2016

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Tax Effective Tax Rate [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended May 31,						Nine Months Ended May 31,
	2016			2015			2016			2015
Earnings (loss) before income taxes	$	20,339		$	34,971		$	(141,242	)	$	4,579
Income tax (benefit) expense	(827		)	(2,987		)	(18,666		)	6,785
Effective income tax rate	(4.1		)%	(8.5		)%	13.2		%	148.2		%