Consolidated Statement of Cash Flow - USD ($) $ in Millions	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016
Cash flow from operating activities:
Profit of consolidated and affiliated companies	$ 997	$ 825
Adjustments for non-cash items:
Depreciation and amortization	1,430	1,494
Other	487	368
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions and divestitures:
Receivables - trade and other	(442)	573
Inventories	(688)	305
Accounts payable	1,113	208
Accrued expenses	251	1
Accrued wages, salaries and employee benefits	641	(743)
Customer advances	322	93
Other assets - net	(280)	(127)
Other liabilities - net	90	(193)
Net cash provided by (used for) operating activities	3,921	2,804
Cash flow from investing activities:
Capital expenditures - excluding equipment leased to others	(371)	(580)
Expenditures for equipment leased to others	(753)	(1,025)
Proceeds from disposals of leased assets and property, plant and equipment	563	383
Additions to finance receivables	(5,264)	(4,643)
Collections of finance receivables	5,508	4,466
Proceeds from sale of finance receivables	83	42
Investments and acquisitions (net of cash acquired)	(21)	(38)
Proceeds from sale of businesses and investments (net of cash sold)	91	0
Proceeds from sale of securities	187	195
Investments in securities	(207)	(243)
Other - net	5	(14)
Net cash provided by (used for) investing activities	(179)	(1,457)
Cash flow from financing activities:
Dividends paid	(906)	(898)
Distribution to noncontrolling interests	(6)	0
Common stock issued, including treasury shares reissued	83	(47)
Proceeds from debt issued (original maturities greater than three months):
Machinery, Energy & Transportation	361	1
Financial Products	4,507	2,840
Payments on debt (original maturities greater than three months):
Machinery, Energy & Transportation	(505)	(7)
Financial Products	(3,720)	(3,324)
Short-term borrowings - net (original maturities three months or less)	(505)	391
Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities	(691)	(1,044)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	13	1
Increase (decrease) in cash and short-term investments	3,064	304
Cash and short-term investments at beginning of period	7,168	6,460
Cash and short-term investments at end of period	$ 10,232	$ 6,764