Short-Term Debt

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020


	At December 31
	2020		2019
Commercial paper1	$	5,612	$	4,654
Notes payable to banks and others with originating terms of one year or less	15		228
Current maturities of long-term debt	2,600		5,054
Current maturities of long-term finance leases	186		18
Redeemable long-term obligations
Long-term debt	2,960		3,078

Subtotal	11,373		13,032
Reclassified to long-term debt	(9,825)		(9,750)
Total short-term debt	$	1,548	$	3,282
1 Weighted-average interest rates at December 31, 2020 and 2019, were 0.15% and 1.69%, respectively.

Redeemable long-term obligations consist primarily of tax-exempt variable-rate put bonds that are included as current liabilities because they become redeemable at the option of the bondholders during the year following the balance sheet date.

The company may periodically enter into interest rate swaps on a portion of its short-term debt. At December 31, 2020, the company had no interest rate swaps on short-term debt.

At December 31, 2020, the company had $9,825 in 364-day committed credit facilities with various major banks that enable the refinancing of short-term obligations on a long-term basis. The credit facilities allow the company to convert any amounts outstanding into a term loan for a period of up to one year. This supports commercial paper borrowing and can also be used for general corporate purposes. The company’s practice has been to continually replace expiring commitments with new commitments on substantially the same terms, maintaining levels management believes appropriate. Any borrowings under the facility would be unsecured indebtedness at interest rates based on the London Interbank Offered Rate or an average of base lending rates published by specified banks and on terms reflecting the company’s strong credit rating. No borrowings were outstanding under this facility at December 31, 2020.

The company classified $9,825 and $9,750 of short-term debt as long-term at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Settlement of these obligations is not expected to require the use of working capital within one year, and the company has both the intent and the ability, as evidenced by committed credit facilities, to refinance them on a long-term basis.