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| Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Table Text Block] |
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| Tabular disclosure of investment in debt security measured at fair value with change in fair value recognized in other comprehensive income (available-for-sale). |
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| Text Block (HTML) (nonnum:textBlockItemType) |
| For Period (duration) |
| (no balance type) |
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| us-gaap:DebtSecuritiesAvailableForSaleTableTextBlock |