PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 28, 2019

PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS

Components of Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Costs

The worldwide components of net periodic pension cost consisted of the following in millions of dollars:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	July 28		July 29		July 28		July 29
	2019		2018		2019		2018
Service cost	$	65	$	75	$	197	$	223
Interest cost		112		97		334		292
Expected return on plan assets		(200)		(193)		(600)		(581)
Amortization of actuarial loss		35		53		106		168
Amortization of prior service cost		2		3		8		9
Settlements/curtailments		1		1		1		7
Net cost	$	15	$	36	$	46	$	118

The worldwide components of net periodic OPEB cost consisted of the following in millions of dollars:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	July 28		July 29		July 28		July 29
	2019		2018		2019		2018
Service cost	$	11	$	11	$	31	$	33
Interest cost		53		47		160		143
Expected return on plan assets		(8)		(5)		(26)		(16)
Amortization of actuarial loss		4		16		12		47
Amortization of prior service credit		(19)		(19)		(55)		(57)
Net cost	$	41	$	50	$	122	$	150