Receivables - Allowance for Credit Losses (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 29, 2017	Jan. 31, 2016	Oct. 30, 2016
Allowance:
Beginning of year balance	$ 111.7	$ 109.8
Provision (credit) for credit losses	3.7	7.4
Write-offs	(11.7)	(12.5)
Recoveries	6.3	5.6
Translation adjustments	(0.1)	(0.5)
End of year balance	109.9	109.8
Balance individually evaluated	0.8	1.2
Receivables:
End of year balance	26,473.7	27,809.0	$ 27,714.5
Balance individually evaluated	50.3	33.7
Retail notes
Allowance:
Beginning of year balance	56.3	53.3
Provision (credit) for credit losses	4.9	5.4
Write-offs	(7.4)	(6.3)
Recoveries	0.9	1.1
Translation adjustments		(0.3)
End of year balance	54.7	53.2
Balance individually evaluated	0.6
Receivables:
End of year balance	16,730.3	17,877.1
Balance individually evaluated	43.3	20.0
Revolving charge accounts
Allowance:
Beginning of year balance	39.7	39.7
Provision (credit) for credit losses	(2.2)	1.7
Write-offs	(3.1)	(6.2)
Recoveries	5.3	4.5
End of year balance	39.7	39.7
Receivables:
End of year balance	2,418.2	2,112.1	3,078.5
Balance individually evaluated	4.5	2.7
Wholesale receivables
Allowance:
Beginning of year balance	7.2	8.1
Write-offs	(0.1)
Translation adjustments	(0.1)
End of year balance	7.0	8.1
Balance individually evaluated		1.0
Receivables:
End of year balance	6,761.5	7,301.2	6,562.5
Balance individually evaluated	1.9	10.1
Financing leases
Allowance:
Beginning of year balance	8.5	8.7
Provision (credit) for credit losses	1.0	0.3
Write-offs	(1.1)
Recoveries	0.1
Translation adjustments		(0.2)
End of year balance	8.5	8.8
Balance individually evaluated	0.2	0.2
Receivables:
End of year balance	563.7	518.6	$ 605.3
Balance individually evaluated	$ 0.6	$ 0.9