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Loans Payable, Long-Term Debt and Leases Loans Payable, Long-Term Debt and Leases (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
Loans Payable, Long-Term Debt and Leases [Abstract] |
Supplemental Balance Sheet Information | Supplemental balance sheet information related to operating leases is as follows:
($ in millions) | March 31, 2019
Assets |
Other Assets (1) | $ | 1,096 |
Liabilities |
Accrued and other current liabilities | 248 |
Other Noncurrent Liabilities | 777 |
Weighted-average remaining lease term (years) | 7.5 |
Weighted-average discount rate | 3.4 | %
(1) Includes prepaid leases that have no related lease liability.
Schedule of Maturities of Operating Lease Liabilities | Maturities of operating leases liabilities are as follows:
($ in millions) | March 31, 2019
2019 (excluding the three months ended March 31, 2019) | $ | 260 |
2020 | 206 |
2021 | 164 |
2022 | 132 |
2023 | 94 |
Thereafter | 308 |
Total lease payments | 1,164 |
Less: imputed interest | (139 | )
| 1,025 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of undiscounted cash flows of lessee's operating lease liability. Includes, but is not limited to, reconciliation of undiscounted cash flows to operating lease liability recognized in statement of financial position. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 842 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 6 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=77888426&loc=SL77918701-209980 + Details
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