Fair Value Measurements - Assets and Liaibilities - Recurring (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Apr. 30, 2017	Oct. 30, 2016	May 01, 2016
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis
Derivative assets	$ 153.9	$ 301.1	$ 410.0
Derivative liabilities	100.5	28.3	55.9
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	153.9	301.1	410.0
Derivative liabilities	100.5	28.3	55.9
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	115.4	241.8	329.1
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	21.1	35.3	67.2
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	83.5	24.0	21.4
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	15.2		16.9
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	10.1	13.8	4.5
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		4.3	16.6
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	7.3	$ 10.2	9.2
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	$ 1.8		$ 1.0