Consolidated Statement of Cash Flow - USD ($) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Cash flow from operating activities:
Profit of consolidated and affiliated companies	$ 1,108	$ 2,613
Adjustments for non-cash items:
Depreciation and amortization	2,255	2,272
Other	640	323
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions and divestitures:
Receivables - trade and other	1,128	614
Inventories	331	840
Accounts payable	(163)	(893)
Accrued expenses	(153)	(25)
Accrued wages, salaries and employee benefits	(727)	(704)
Customer advances	(24)	(36)
Other assets - net	(141)	96
Other liabilities - net	(291)	(236)
Net cash provided by (used for) operating activities	3,963	4,864
Cash flow from investing activities:
Capital expenditures - excluding equipment leased to others	(807)	(946)
Expenditures for equipment leased to others	(1,393)	(1,251)
Proceeds from disposals of leased assets and property, plant and equipment	572	473
Additions to finance receivables	(6,911)	(7,099)
Collections of finance receivables	6,968	6,849
Proceeds from sale of finance receivables	55	101
Investments and acquisitions (net of cash acquired)	(72)	(140)
Proceeds from sale of businesses and investments (net of cash sold)	0	174
Proceeds from sale of securities	304	238
Investments in securities	(339)	(296)
Other - net	5	(76)
Net cash provided by (used for) investing activities	(1,618)	(1,973)
Cash flow from financing activities:
Dividends paid	(1,348)	(1,309)
Distribution to noncontrolling interests	(8)	(7)
Common stock issued, including treasury shares reissued	(54)	34
Treasury shares purchased	0	(2,025)
Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation	12	20
Proceeds from debt issued (original maturities greater than three months):
Machinery, Energy & Transportation	6	3
Financial Products	4,424	4,079
Payments on debt (original maturities greater than three months):
Machinery, Energy & Transportation	(525)	(513)
Financial Products	(5,077)	(6,259)
Short-term borrowings - net (original maturities three months or less)	(111)	1,922
Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities	(2,681)	(4,055)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	(11)	(131)
Increase (decrease) in cash and short-term investments	(347)	(1,295)
Cash and short-term investments at beginning of period	6,460	7,341
Cash and short-term investments at end of period	$ 6,113	$ 6,046