Allowance for Credit Losses and Credit Quality of Receivables - Impaired Receivables (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Nov. 03, 2019	Oct. 28, 2018
Recorded Investment
Receivables with specific allowance	$ 10.2	$ 6.6
Receivables without specific allowance	26.8	26.3
Total	37.0	32.9
Unpaid Principal Balance
Receivables with specific allowance	9.9	6.4
Receivables without specific allowance	26.3	26.0
Total	36.2	32.4
Specific Allowance	4.8	2.9
Average Recorded Investment
Receivables with specific allowance	10.7	7.6
Receivables without specific allowance	29.1	28.7
Total	39.8	36.3
Agriculture and turf
Recorded Investment
Total	30.3	28.8
Unpaid Principal Balance
Total	29.7	28.4
Specific Allowance	4.6	2.9
Average Recorded Investment
Total	32.0	31.7
Construction and forestry
Recorded Investment
Total	6.7	4.1
Unpaid Principal Balance
Total	6.5	4.0
Specific Allowance	0.2
Average Recorded Investment
Total	7.8	4.6
Retail notes
Recorded Investment
Receivables with specific allowance	4.9	0.8
Receivables without specific allowance	22.9	23.9
Unpaid Principal Balance
Receivables with specific allowance	4.6	0.6
Receivables without specific allowance	22.4	23.6
Specific Allowance	1.9	0.1
Average Recorded Investment
Receivables with specific allowance	5.0	0.9
Receivables without specific allowance	25.0	26.1
Wholesale receivables
Recorded Investment
Receivables with specific allowance	5.3	5.8
Receivables without specific allowance	3.9	2.4
Unpaid Principal Balance
Receivables with specific allowance	5.3	5.8
Receivables without specific allowance	3.9	2.4
Specific Allowance	2.9	2.8
Average Recorded Investment
Receivables with specific allowance	5.7	6.7
Receivables without specific allowance	$ 4.1	$ 2.6

Average amount of investment of impaired financing receivables with related allowance for credit losses and without a related allowance for credit losses.

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