Commitments And Contingent Liabilities (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of guarantor obligations

Guarantees consisted of the following:

(In millions)	June 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Financial guarantees(a)	$	848.2	$	933.3
Performance guarantees(b)	3,878.3		3,670.3
Maximum potential undiscounted payments	$	4,726.5	$	4,603.6

a. Financial guarantees represent contracts that contingently require a guarantor to make payments to a guaranteed party based on changes in an underlying agreement that is related to an asset, a liability or an equity security of the guaranteed party. These tend to be drawn down only if there is a failure to fulfill our financial obligations.

b. Performance guarantees represent contracts that contingently require a guarantor to make payments to a guaranteed party based on another entity's failure to perform under a nonfinancial obligating agreement. Events that trigger payment are performance-related, such as failure to ship a product or provide a service.