Fair Value Measurements - Assets and Liaibilities - Recurring (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Jan. 29, 2017	Oct. 30, 2016	Jan. 31, 2016
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Derivative assets	$ 152.4	$ 301.1	$ 435.5
Derivative liabilities	116.7	28.3	47.0
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis | Level 2
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Derivative assets	152.4	301.1	435.5
Derivative liabilities	116.7	28.3	47.0
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis | Level 2 | Interest rate contracts | Receivables from John Deere
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Derivative assets	100.3	241.8	318.9
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis | Level 2 | Interest rate contracts | Other assets
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Derivative assets	37.2	35.3	89.2
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis | Level 2 | Interest rate contracts | Other payables to John Deere
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Derivative liabilities	104.3	24.0	19.5
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis | Level 2 | Interest rate contracts | Accounts payable and accrued expenses
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Derivative liabilities			21.6
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis | Level 2 | Foreign exchange contracts | Other assets
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Derivative assets	0.9	13.8	13.6
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis | Level 2 | Foreign exchange contracts | Accounts payable and accrued expenses
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Derivative liabilities	12.4	4.3	5.6
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis | Level 2 | Cross-currency interest rate contracts | Receivables from John Deere
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Derivative assets	$ 14.0	$ 10.2	13.8
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis | Level 2 | Cross-currency interest rate contracts | Other payables to John Deere
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Derivative liabilities			$ 0.3