Long-Term External Borrowings

3 Months Ended

Jan. 29, 2023

Long-Term External Borrowings

Long-Term External Borrowings

(8)  Long-Term External Borrowings

Long-term external borrowings of the Company at January 29, 2023, October 30, 2022, and January 30, 2022 consisted of the following (in millions of dollars):

	January 29		October 30		January 30
	2023		2022		2022
Senior Debt:
Medium-term notes	$	23,564.2	$	22,595.4	$	20,614.7
Other notes		.5		2.5		8.4
Total senior debt		23,564.7		22,597.9		20,623.1
Unamortized debt discount and debt issuance costs		(71.3)		(70.1)		(56.6)
Total	$	23,493.4	$	22,527.8	$	20,566.5

Medium-term notes are primarily offered by prospectus and issued at fixed and variable rates. The medium-term notes in the table above include unamortized fair value adjustments related to interest rate swaps. The principal balances of the medium-term notes were $24,265.7 million, $23,564.6 million, and $20,541.0 million at January 29, 2023, October 30, 2022, and January 30, 2022, respectively, and have serial maturity dates through 2032. All outstanding medium-term notes and other notes in the table above are senior unsecured borrowings and generally rank equally with each other.