Allowance for Credit Losses and Credit Quality of Receivables (Details 2) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2014	Oct. 31, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012
Allowance:
Beginning of year balance	$ 111.4	$ 114.0	$ 126.3
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Write-offs	(45.7)	(31.4)	(40.7)
Recoveries	20.2	22.5	29.1
Other changes (primarily translation adjustments)	(0.8)	(0.1)	(0.5)
End of year balance	112.4	111.4	114.0
Balance individually evaluated	2.0	3.8	0.6
Receivables:
End of year balance	30,505.9	28,833.3	25,204.3
Balance individually evaluated	25.9	54.0	11.6
Retail notes
Allowance:
Beginning of year balance	50.7	56.4	67.8
Provision (credit) for credit losses	13.2	(1.9)	(10.4)
Write-offs	(12.7)	(9.4)	(7.4)
Recoveries	5.5	5.9	6.8
Other changes (primarily translation adjustments)	(0.6)	(0.3)	(0.4)
End of year balance	56.1	50.7	56.4
Balance individually evaluated	1.7
Receivables:
End of year balance	19,461.3	18,246.5	15,728.8
Balance individually evaluated	24.5	21.3	10.6
Revolving charge accounts
Allowance:
Beginning of year balance	39.7	40.2	39.7
Provision (credit) for credit losses	10.5	4.0	7.9
Write-offs	(24.6)	(19.8)	(28.8)
Recoveries	14.3	15.3	21.4
End of year balance	39.9	39.7	40.2
Balance individually evaluated	0.2		0.5
Receivables:
End of year balance	2,535.9	2,534.9	2,427.7
Balance individually evaluated	0.2	0.3	0.5
Wholesale receivables
Allowance:
Beginning of year balance	6.4	5.9	6.0
Provision (credit) for credit losses	9.0	0.1	0.9
Write-offs	(7.7)	(0.3)	(1.0)
Recoveries	0.1	0.2	0.1
Other changes (primarily translation adjustments)	(0.2)	0.5	(0.1)
End of year balance	7.6	6.4	5.9
Balance individually evaluated	0.1	0.1	0.1
Receivables:
End of year balance	7,919.1	7,464.7	6,483.1
Balance individually evaluated	1.2	0.1	0.2
Other
Allowance:
Beginning of year balance	14.6	11.5	12.8
Provision (credit) for credit losses	(5.4)	4.2	1.4
Write-offs	(0.7)	(1.9)	(3.5)
Recoveries	0.3	1.1	0.8
Other changes (primarily translation adjustments)		(0.3)
End of year balance	8.8	14.6	11.5
Balance individually evaluated		3.7
Receivables:
End of year balance	589.6	587.2	564.7
Balance individually evaluated		$ 32.3	$ 0.3

Includes changes to the allowance for credit losses that are due primarily to translation adjustments.

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