{"pre_text": ["allows us to repurchase shares at times when we may otherwise be prevented from doing so under insider trading laws or because of self-imposed trading blackout periods .", "subject to applicable regulations , we may elect to amend or cancel this repurchase program or the share repurchase parameters at our discretion .", "as of december 31 , 2018 , we have repurchased an aggregate of 4510000 shares of common stock under this program .", "credit facilities and short-term debt we have an unsecured revolving credit facility of $ 2.25 billion that expires in june 2023 .", "in march 2018 , awcc and its lenders amended and restated the credit agreement with respect to awcc 2019s revolving credit facility to increase the maximum commitments under the facility from $ 1.75 billion to $ 2.25 billion , and to extend the expiration date of the facility from june 2020 to march 2023 .", "all other terms , conditions and covenants with respect to the existing facility remained unchanged .", "subject to satisfying certain conditions , the credit agreement also permits awcc to increase the maximum commitment under the facility by up to an aggregate of $ 500 million , and to request extensions of its expiration date for up to two , one-year periods .", "interest rates on advances under the facility are based on a credit spread to the libor rate or base rate in accordance with moody investors service 2019s and standard & poor 2019s financial services 2019 then applicable credit rating on awcc 2019s senior unsecured , non-credit enhanced debt .", "the facility is used principally to support awcc 2019s commercial paper program and to provide up to $ 150 million in letters of credit .", "indebtedness under the facility is considered 201cdebt 201d for purposes of a support agreement between the company and awcc , which serves as a functional equivalent of a guarantee by the company of awcc 2019s payment obligations under the credit facility .", "awcc also has an outstanding commercial paper program that is backed by the revolving credit facility , the maximum aggregate outstanding amount of which was increased in march 2018 , from $ 1.60 billion to $ 2.10 billion .", "the following table provides the aggregate credit facility commitments , letter of credit sub-limit under the revolving credit facility and commercial paper limit , as well as the available capacity for each as of december 31 , 2018 and 2017 : credit facility commitment available credit facility capacity letter of credit sublimit available letter of credit capacity commercial paper limit available commercial capacity ( in millions ) december 31 , 2018 .", ".", ".", ".", ".", ".", ".", ".", "$ 2262 $ 2177 $ 150 $ 69 $ 2100 $ 1146 december 31 , 2017 .", ".", ".", ".", ".", ".", ".", ".", "1762 1673 150 66 1600 695 the weighted average interest rate on awcc short-term borrowings for the years ended december 31 , 2018 and 2017 was approximately 2.28% ( 2.28 % ) and 1.24% ( 1.24 % ) , respectively .", "capital structure the following table provides the percentage of our capitalization represented by the components of our capital structure as of december 31: ."], "post_text": ["."], "table": [["", "2018", "2017", "2016"], ["total common shareholders' equity", "40.4% ( 40.4 % )", "41.0% ( 41.0 % )", "42.1% ( 42.1 % )"], ["long-term debt and redeemable preferred stock at redemption value", "52.4% ( 52.4 % )", "49.6% ( 49.6 % )", "46.4% ( 46.4 % )"], ["short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt", "7.2% ( 7.2 % )", "9.4% ( 9.4 % )", "11.5% ( 11.5 % )"], ["total", "100% ( 100 % )", "100% ( 100 % )", "100% ( 100 % )"]], "table_ori": [["", "2018", "2017", "2016"], ["Total common shareholders' equity", "40.4%", "41.0%", "42.1%"], ["Long-term debt and redeemable preferred stock at redemption value", "52.4%", "49.6%", "46.4%"], ["Short-term debt and current portion of long-term debt", "7.2%", "9.4%", "11.5%"], ["Total", "100%", "100%", "100%"]]}

Question: was the weighted average interest rate on awcc short-term borrowings greater for the year ended december 31 , 2018 then 2017?
Evidence:
text_27: 1762 1673 150 66 1600 695 the weighted average interest rate on awcc short-term borrowings for the years ended december 31 , 2018 and 2017 was approximately 2.28% ( 2.28 % ) and 1.24% ( 1.24 % ) , respectively .
Program: greater(2.28, 1.24)
Answer:
str_answer: yes
exe_answer: yes