Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

The following tables present the changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss (“AOCL”) by component for the three months ended March 31:


	Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss by Component
	Pension and Other Post-Retirement Benefits		Cash Flow Hedges		Foreign Currency Translation		Total
Beginning balance, January 1, 2020	$	(704,415)	$	(20,671)	$	(416,222)	$	(1,141,308)
Other comprehensive loss before reclassifications	—		(19,300)		(182,613)		(201,913)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss	8,448		1,444		—		9,892
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of income taxes	8,448		(17,856)		(182,613)		(192,021)
Ending balance, March 31, 2020	$	(695,967)	$	(38,527)	$	(598,835)	$	(1,333,329)


	Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss by Component
	Pension and Other Post-Retirement Benefits		Cash Flow Hedges		Foreign Currency Translation		Total
Beginning balance, January 1, 2019	$	(626,322)	$	(4,631)	$	(484,125)	$	(1,115,078)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications	—		(4,178)		20,927		16,749
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss (1)	4,832		(1,001)		27,037		30,868
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of income taxes	4,832		(5,179)		47,964		47,617
Cumulative effect from adoption of ASU 2018-02	(122,526)		—		—		(122,526)
Ending balance, March 31, 2019	$	(744,016)	$	(9,810)	$	(436,161)	$	(1,189,987)

(1) Amount includes realized currency losses of $27,037 that were reclassified out of foreign currency translation into earnings in connection with the March 7, 2019 sale of Grupo Auto Todo. Refer to the acquisitions and divestitures footnote for further details.

The AOCL components related to the pension benefits are included in the computation of net periodic benefit income in the employee benefit plans footnote. The nature of the cash flow hedges are discussed in the derivatives and hedging footnote. Generally, tax effects in AOCL are established at the currently enacted tax rate and reclassified to net income in the same period that the related pre-tax accumulated other comprehensive loss reclassifications are recognized.