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Disclosure regarding factors used to determine that the impairment of securities not categorized as either held-to-maturity securities or trading securities (hence equal to available for sale securities) where cost exceeds fair value is not an other than temporary impairment (OTTI). This item contains disclosure of the number of investment positions in the available-for-sale investments determined to be temporarily impaired for less than 12 months.

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This item represents the aggregate fair value of investments in debt and equity securities categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading securities that have been in a continuous unrealized loss position for less than twelve months.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 320

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

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