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National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp/DC – ‘10-Q’ for 11/30/16 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Friday, 1/13/17, at 3:23pm ET   ·   For:  11/30/16   ·   Accession #:  70502-17-25   ·   File #:  1-07102

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 1/13/17  Nat’l Rural Utilities Co… Corp/DC 10-Q       11/30/16   93:20M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Nru Fy2017 10-Q Q2                                  HTML   1.57M 
 2: EX-10.1     Amended Revolving Credit Agreement Maturing         HTML    328K 
                November 19, 2019                                                
 3: EX-10.2     Amended Revolving Credit Agreement Maturing         HTML    320K 
                November 19, 2021                                                
 4: EX-10.3     Series L Bond Purchase Agreement                    HTML    556K 
 5: EX-10.4     Series L Future Advance Bond                        HTML    273K 
 6: EX-10.5     Third Amended, Restated and Consolidated Pledge     HTML    177K 
                Agreement                                                        
 7: EX-10.6     Third Amended, Restated and Consolidated Bond       HTML    153K 
                Guarantee Agreement                                              
 8: EX-10.7     Amended and Restated Master Sale and Servicing      HTML    309K 
                Agreement                                                        
 9: EX-12       Computations of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges  HTML     45K 
10: EX-31.1     Section 302 CEO Certification                       HTML     33K 
11: EX-31.2     Section 302 CFO Certification                       HTML     33K 
12: EX-32.1     Section 906 CEO Certification                       HTML     28K 
13: EX-32.2     Section 906 CFO Certification                       HTML     28K 
20: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     44K 
21: R2          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML     78K 
22: R3          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     55K 
23: R4          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    131K 
24: R5          Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity         HTML     52K 
25: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    130K 
26: R7          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML    106K 
                (Notes)                                                          
27: R8          Variable Interest Entities - (Notes)                HTML     34K 
28: R9          Investment Securities - (Notes)                     HTML     67K 
29: R10         Loans and Commitments - (Notes)                     HTML    561K 
30: R11         Foreclosed Assets - (Notes)                         HTML     32K 
31: R12         Short-Term Borrowings - (Notes)                     HTML     94K 
32: R13         Long-Term Debt - (Notes)                            HTML     81K 
33: R14         Subordinated Deferrable Debt - (Notes)              HTML     40K 
34: R15         Derivative Financial Instruments - (Notes)          HTML    175K 
35: R16         Equity - (Notes)                                    HTML    175K 
36: R17         Guarantees - (Notes)                                HTML     63K 
37: R18         Fair Value Measurement - (Notes)                    HTML    200K 
38: R19         Segment Information - (Notes)                       HTML    305K 
39: R20         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     68K 
                (Policies)                                                       
40: R21         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     89K 
                (Tables)                                                         
41: R22         Investment Securities - (Tables)                    HTML     69K 
42: R23         Loans and Commitments - (Tables)                    HTML    566K 
43: R24         Short-Term Borrowings - (Tables)                    HTML     84K 
44: R25         Long-Term Debt - (Tables)                           HTML     75K 
45: R26         Subordinated Deferrable Debt - (Tables)             HTML     39K 
46: R27         Derivative Financial Instruments - (Tables)         HTML    220K 
47: R28         Equity - (Tables)                                   HTML    167K 
48: R29         Guarantees - (Tables)                               HTML     53K 
49: R30         Fair Value Measurement - (Tables)                   HTML    201K 
50: R31         Segment Information - (Tables)                      HTML    301K 
51: R32         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     29K 
                Additional Information (Details)                                 
52: R33         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     49K 
                Interest Income, Categorized by Loan and                         
                Investment Type (Details)                                        
53: R34         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     46K 
                Interest Expense, Categorized by Debt Product Type               
                (Details)                                                        
54: R35         Variable Interest Entities - (Details)              HTML     49K 
55: R36         Investment Securities - Investment Securities       HTML     51K 
                (Details)                                                        
56: R37         Investment Securities - Additional Information      HTML     28K 
                (Details)                                                        
57: R38         Loans and Commitments - Outstanding Principal       HTML     86K 
                Balance and Unadvanced Commitments (Details)                     
58: R39         Loans and Commitments - Unconditional Committed     HTML     48K 
                Lines of Credit and Maturity (Details)                           
59: R40         Loans and Commitments - Available Balance Under     HTML     52K 
                Unadvanced Commitments and Maturity (Details)                    
60: R41         Loans and Commitments - Payment Status of Loans     HTML    106K 
                Outstanding (Details)                                            
61: R42         Loans and Commitments - Internal Risk Rating        HTML     71K 
                (Details)                                                        
62: R43         Loans and Commitments - Allowance for Loan Losses   HTML     51K 
                Rollforward (Details)                                            
63: R44         Loans and Commitments - Allowance for Loan Losses   HTML     76K 
                and Recorded Investments (Details)                               
64: R45         Loans and Commitments Impaired Loans - Recorded     HTML     39K 
                Investment and Allowance (Details)                               
65: R46         Impaired Loans - Average Recorded Investment and    HTML     39K 
                Interest Income (Details)                                        
66: R47         Loans and Commitments - Troubled Debt Restructured  HTML     61K 
                Loans (Details)                                                  
67: R48         Loans and Commitments - Foregone Interest Income    HTML     36K 
                (Details)                                                        
68: R49         Loans and Commitments - Outstanding Pledged as      HTML     57K 
                Collateral (Details)                                             
69: R50         Loans and Commitments - Additional Information      HTML     63K 
                (Details)                                                        
70: R51         Foreclosed Assets - Additional Information          HTML     58K 
                (Details)                                                        
71: R52         Short-Term Borrowings - Commitments under           HTML     58K 
                Revolving Credit Agreements (Details)                            
72: R53         Short-Term Borrowings - Additional Information      HTML     57K 
                (Details)                                                        
73: R54         Long-Term Debt Outstanding (Details)                HTML     69K 
74: R55         Long-Term Debt - Additional Information (Details)   HTML     57K 
75: R56         Subordinated Deferrable Debt Subordinated           HTML     37K 
                Deferrable Debt Outstanding (Details)                            
76: R57         Derivative Notional Amounts and Weighted-Average    HTML     46K 
                Rate (Details)                                                   
77: R58         Derivatives - Balance Sheet Impact (Details)        HTML     49K 
78: R59         Derivatives Offsetting (Details)                    HTML     68K 
79: R60         Derivative Financial Instruments Derivatives -      HTML     36K 
                Income Statement Impact (Details)                                
80: R61         Derivatives - Rating Triggers (Details)             HTML     62K 
81: R62         Derivative Financial Instruments - Additional       HTML     29K 
                Information (Details)                                            
82: R63         Equity Components (Details)                         HTML     73K 
83: R64         Equity - Additional Information (Details)           HTML     58K 
84: R65         Equity - Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income     HTML     61K 
                Rollforward (Details)                                            
85: R66         Guarantees Outstanding (Details)                    HTML     47K 
86: R67         Guarantees - Additional Information (Details)       HTML     63K 
87: R68         Fair Value Measurement Fair Value of Financial      HTML    111K 
                Instruments (Details)                                            
88: R69         Fair Value Measurement - Recurring Fair Value       HTML     54K 
                Measurements (Details)                                           
89: R70         Fair Value Measurement - Nonrecurring Fair Value    HTML     34K 
                (Details)                                                        
90: R71         Segment Information - Segment Results and Total     HTML    148K 
                Assets (Details)                                                 
92: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    154K 
91: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    111K 
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18: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- nru-20161130_lab                      XML   1.68M 
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93: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000070502-17-000025-xbrl      Zip    341K

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