| **Segment Information (Tables)** | 9 Months Ended                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
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| Segment Information              | Supplemental segment data and reconciliations to consolidated external reporting for the three months ended September 30 was as follows:(Millions of dollars) 2016External Revenues Profitbeforeincometaxes InterestExpense Depreciationon equipmentleased toothers Provisionforcreditlosses Assets atSeptember 30,2016 CapitalexpendituresNorth America$310 $79 $70 $123 $10 $14,709 $281Europe68 21 8 21 1 3,861 44Asia/Pacific65 20 21 8 1 3,722 4Latin America and CPF122 31 36 15 17 7,065 11Mining73 14 11 45 (3) 2,715 19Total Segments638 165 146 212 26 32,072 359Unallocated21 (35) 32 — — 2,723 (3)Timing(8) (7) — 1 3 46 —Methodology— 23 (27) — — (217) —Inter-segment Eliminations (1)— — — — — (283) —Total$651 $146 $151 $213 $29 $34,341 $356              2015External Revenues Profitbeforeincometaxes InterestExpense Depreciationon equipmentleased toothers Provisionforcreditlosses Assets atDecember 31,2015 CapitalexpendituresNorth America$291 $99 $66 $102 $(4) $14,419 $292Europe69 28 7 18 — 3,758 31Asia/Pacific66 17 22 5 2 3,923 2Latin America and CPF127 21 37 25 18 7,376 31Mining92 4 13 57 7 2,947 —Total Segments645 169 145 207 23 32,423 356Unallocated16 (27) 17 — — 1,743 —Timing(8) (3) — — (1) 164 1Methodology— 14 (18) — — (216) —Inter-segment Eliminations (1)— — — — — (247) —Total$653 $153 $144 $207 $22 $33,867 $357               (1) Elimination is primarily related to intercompany loans.Supplemental segment data and reconciliations to consolidated external reporting for the nine months ended September 30 was as follows:(Millions of dollars) 2016External Revenues Profitbeforeincometaxes InterestExpense Depreciationon equipmentleased toothers Provisionforcreditlosses Assets atSeptember 30,2016 CapitalexpendituresNorth America$927 $255 $216 $350 $23 $14,709 $933Europe202 63 25 62 3 3,861 120Asia/Pacific190 56 62 21 6 3,722 73Latin America and CPF367 76 118 47 59 7,065 35Mining232 35 35 145 3 2,715 105Total Segments1,918 485 456 625 94 32,072 1,266Unallocated60 (99) 81 — 1 2,723 —Timing(25) (13) — 2 1 46 (1)Methodology— 66 (79) — — (217) —Inter-segment Eliminations (1)— — — — — (283) —Total$1,953 $439 $458 $627 $96 $34,341 $1,265              2015External Revenues Profitbeforeincometaxes InterestExpense Depreciationon equipmentleased toothers Provisionforcreditlosses Assets atDecember 31,2015 CapitalexpendituresNorth America$865 $289 $193 $303 $(2) $14,419 $746Europe216 85 24 57 — 3,758 83Asia/Pacific223 52 80 15 22 3,923 19Latin America and CPF400 69 113 81 58 7,376 74Mining296 46 42 173 9 2,947 69Total Segments2,000 541 452 629 87 32,423 991Unallocated48 (75) 48 — — 1,743 —Timing(23) (17) — — 2 164 2Methodology— 41 (55) — — (216) —Inter-segment Eliminations (1)— — — — — (247) —Total$2,025 $490 $445 $629 $89 $33,867 $993              (1) Elimination is primarily related to intercompany loans. |

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.
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