Postretirement Health Care and Life Insurance Benefits (Tables) - Other Postretirement Benefits Plan [Member]

12 Months Ended

Feb. 02, 2019

Reconciliation of Benefit Obligations, Plan Assets, and Funded Status Pension Plan

The following provides a reconciliation of benefit obligations, plan assets, and funded status of the postretirement obligations as of February 2, 2019 and February 3, 2018:

	2018			2017
	(millions)
Change in accumulated postretirement benefit obligation
Accumulated postretirement benefit obligation, beginning of year	$	156		$	186
Service cost	—			—
Interest cost	5			5
Plan amendment	—			(10		)
Actuarial gain	(11		)	(9		)
Medicare Part D subsidy	—			1
Benefits paid	(13		)	(17		)
Accumulated postretirement benefit obligation, end of year	137			156
Change in plan assets
Fair value of plan assets, beginning of year	—			—
Company contributions	13			17
Benefits paid	(13		)	(17		)
Fair value of plan assets, end of year	—			—
Funded status at end of year	$	(137	)	$	(156	)
Amounts recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheets at February 2, 2019 and February 3, 2018
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	(15	)	$	(17	)
Other liabilities	(122		)	(139		)
	$	(137	)	$	(156	)
Amounts recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss at February 2, 2019 and February 3, 2018
Net actuarial gain	$	(41	)	$	(35	)
Prior service credit	(9		)	(10		)
	$	(50	)	$	(45	)

Schedule of Net Periodic Benefit Costs

Net postretirement benefit costs and other amounts recognized in other comprehensive loss included the following actuarially determined components:

	2018			2017			2016
	(millions)
Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost
Service cost	$	—		$	—		$	—
Interest cost	5			5			6
Amortization of net actuarial gain	(5		)	(5		)	(4		)
Amortization of prior service credit	(1		)	—			—
	(1		)	—			2
Other Changes in Plan Assets and Projected Benefit Obligation Recognized in Other Comprehensive Loss
Net actuarial gain	(11		)	(9		)	(13		)
Amortization of net actuarial gain	5			5			4
Amortization of prior service credit	1			—			—
Prior service credit	—			(10		)	—
	(5		)	(14		)	(9		)
Total recognized	$	(6	)	$	(14	)	$	(7	)

Weighted Average Assumptions

The following weighted average assumption was used to determine the accumulated postretirement benefit obligations at February 2, 2019 and February 3, 2018:

	2018		2017
Discount rate	4.02	%	3.71	%

The following weighted average assumption was used to determine the net postretirement benefit costs for the postretirement obligations:

	2018		2017		2016
Discount rate used to measure interest cost	3.28	%	3.17	%	3.14	%

Schedule of Health Care Cost Trend Rates

The following provides the assumed health care cost trend rates related to the Company’s accumulated postretirement benefit obligations at February 2, 2019 and February 3, 2018:

	2018	2017
Health care cost trend rates assumed for next year	5.38% - 9.31%	5.50% - 10.50%
Rates to which the cost trend rate is assumed to decline (the ultimate trend rate)	4.5%	4.5%
Year that the rate reaches the ultimate trend rate	2027	2027

Schedule Of Effect Of One Percentage Point Change In Assumed Health Care Cost Trend Rates

A one-percentage-point change in the assumed health care cost trend rates would have the following effects:

	1 – Percentage Point Increase		1 – Percentage Point Decrease
	(millions)
Effect on total of service and interest cost	$	—	$	—
Effect on accumulated postretirement benefit obligations	$	7	$	(6	)

Estimated Future Benefit Payments

The following table reflects the benefit payments estimated to be funded by the Company and paid from the accumulated postretirement benefit obligations and estimated federal subsidies expected to be received under the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003:

	Expected Benefit Payments		Expected Federal Subsidy
	(millions)
Fiscal Year
2019	$	15	$	—
2020	14		—
2021	13		—
2022	13		—
2023	12		—
2024-2028	47		1