Segment Reporting - Long lived assets by geography (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Aug. 31, 2017	Aug. 31, 2016
Long-Lived Assets	$ 5,461,440	$ 5,657,377
UNITED STATES
Long-Lived Assets	5,359,270	5,532,906
Non-US [Member]
Long-Lived Assets	$ 102,170	$ 124,471

Long-lived assets other than financial instruments, long-term customer relationships of a financial institution, mortgage and other servicing rights, deferred policy acquisition costs, and deferred tax assets.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 280
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 41
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68060357&loc=d3e9038-108599

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