Accrued Interest (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2026	Dec. 31, 2025
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Accrued interest receivable	$ 272,919	$ 287,082
Advances [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Accrued Interest, after Allowance for Credit Loss	114,257	137,161
Trading [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Accrued Interest, after Allowance for Credit Loss	29,239	25,563
Categories of Investments, Marketable Securities, Available-for-sale Securities [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Accrued Interest, after Allowance for Credit Loss	71,114	66,897
Held-to-Maturity Securities [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Accrued Interest, after Allowance for Credit Loss	851	948
Real Estate Loan [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Accrued Interest, after Allowance for Credit Loss	49,010	47,924
Interest-bearing Deposits [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Accrued Interest, after Allowance for Credit Loss	6,504	5,889
Securities Purchased under Agreements to Resell [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Accrued Interest, after Allowance for Credit Loss	790	1,710
Federal Funds Sold [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Accrued Interest, after Allowance for Credit Loss	912	749
Canopy Loan
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Accrued Interest, after Allowance for Credit Loss	$ 242	$ 241

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of interest earned but not received. Also called accrued interest or accrued interest receivable.

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