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Global bank note program.

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Amount of outstanding long-term debt or borrowing associated with any securities or credit agreement for which there has been a default in principal, interest, sinking fund, or redemption provisions, or any breach of covenant that existed at the end of the period and subsequently has not been cured.

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Percentage price of original principal amount of debt at which debt can be redeemed by the issuer.

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of unused borrowing capacity under the long-term financing arrangement that is available to the entity as of the balance sheet date.

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Long-Term Debt - Senior and Subordinated Debt (Details) - Subsidiaries - USD ($)						12 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2020	Mar. 22, 2019	Feb. 01, 2019	Jul. 26, 2018	Mar. 15, 2016	Dec. 31, 2021
Debt Instrument
Global Bank note program						$ 25,000,000,000
Debt, available for future issuance						$ 22,000,000,000
Medium-Term Senior Notes and Subordinated Bank Notes \| Lower limit
Debt Instrument
Debt term						1 year
Medium-Term Senior Notes and Subordinated Bank Notes \| Upper Limit
Debt Instrument
Debt term						30 years
Subordinated Debt \| Fixed Rate 3.85% Notes Due 2026
Debt Instrument
Principal amount					$ 750,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)					3.85%	3.85%
Redemption period prior to maturity date					30 days
Redemption price (as a percent)					100.00%
Subordinated Debt \| Fixed Rate 4.00% Notes Due 2027
Debt Instrument
Interest rate (as a percent)						4.00%
Senior Notes
Debt Instrument
Principal amount	$ 1,250,000,000
Senior Notes \| Fixed Rate 3.95% Notes Due 2025
Debt Instrument
Principal amount				$ 750,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)				3.95%		3.95%
Redemption period prior to maturity date				30 days
Redemption price (as a percent)				100.00%
Interest rate paid (as a percent)						1.14%
Senior Notes \| Fixed Rate 3.95% Notes Due 2025 \| LIBOR
Debt Instrument
Basis spread on variable rate (as a percent)				1.04%
Senior Notes \| Floating Rate 0.772% Notes Due 2022
Debt Instrument
Principal amount			$ 300,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)						0.772%
Redemption period prior to maturity date			30 days
Redemption price (as a percent)			100.00%
Senior Notes \| Floating Rate 0.772% Notes Due 2022 \| LIBOR
Debt Instrument
Basis spread on variable rate (as a percent)			0.64%
Senior Notes \| Fixed Rate 4.00% Notes Due 2027
Debt Instrument
Interest rate (as a percent)		4.00%
Redemption price (as a percent)		100.00%
Issue of senior notes to third party investors		$ 175,000,000
Senior Notes \| Fixed Rate 1.80% Senior Notes Due 2023
Debt Instrument
Debt term	3 years
Principal amount	$ 650,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)	1.80%					1.80%
Redemption period prior to maturity date	30 days
Redemption price (as a percent)	100.00%
Senior Notes \| Fixed Rate 2.25% Notes Due 2027
Debt Instrument
Debt term	7 years
Principal amount	$ 600,000,000
Interest rate (as a percent)	2.25%					2.25%
Redemption price (as a percent)	100.00%