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Derivatives and Hedging Activities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
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Schedule of derivative instruments in statement of financial position, fair value | The following table summariz es the total fair value, excluding interest accruals, of derivative assets and liabilities as of December 31:
|  |  | Other Assets Fair Value |  | Other Liabilities Fair Value
(Millions) |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Fair value hedges - Interest rate contracts |  | $ | 111 |  | $ | 236 |  | $ | 69 |  | $ | 9
| Net investment hedges - Foreign exchange contracts |  |  | 347 |  |  | 191 |  |  | 35 |  |  | 57
Total derivatives designated as hedging instruments |  |  | 458 |  |  | 427 |  |  | 104 |  |  | 66
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Foreign exchange contracts, including certain embedded derivatives(a) |  |  | 308 |  |  | 117 |  |  | 176 |  |  | 135
Total derivatives, gross |  |  | 766 |  |  | 544 |  |  | 280 |  |  | 201
Less: Cash collateral netting on interest rate contracts(b) |  |  | (54) |  |  | (155) |  |  | (68) |  |  | ―
| Derivative asset and derivative liability netting(c) |  |  | (157) |  |  | (107) |  |  | (157) |  |  | (107)
Total derivatives, net(d) |  | $ | 555 |  | $ | 282 |  | $ | 55 |  | $ | 94
Includes foreign currency derivatives embedded in certain operating agreements. Represents the offsetting of derivative s and the right to reclaim cash collateral (a receivable) or the obligation to return cash collateral (a payable) arising from derivative s executed with the same counterparty under an enforceable master netting arrangement. T he Company received non-cash collateral from a counterparty in the form of security interests in U.S. Treasury securities, with a fair value of $18 million as of December 31, 2016, none of which was sold or repledged. Such non-cash collateral economically reduced t he Company’s risk exposure to $537 million, but did not reduce the net exposure on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company did not have any such non-cash collateral as of December 31, 2015. Additionally, the Company posted $169 million and $149 million as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, as initial margin on its centrally cleared interest rate swaps; such amounts are recorded within Other receivables on the Consolidated Balance Sheets and are not netted against the derivative balances. Represents the amou nt of netting of derivative assets and derivative liabilities executed with the same counterparty under an enforceable master netting arrangement. The Company has no individually significant derivative counterparties and therefore, no significant risk expo sure to any single derivative counterparty. The total net derivative assets and net derivative liabilities are presented within Other assets and Other liabilities, respectively, on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The following table summarizes the total fair value, excluding interest accruals, of derivative assets and liabilities as of December 31:
Effect of fair value hedges on results of operations | The following table summarizes the impact on the Consolidated Statements of Income associated with the Company’s fair value hedges of its fixed-rate long-term debt for the years ended December 31:
(Millions) |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |
Other expenses: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate derivative contracts |  | $ | (184) |  | $ | (83) |  | $ | (143) |
Hedged items |  |  | 163 |  |  | 93 |  |  | 148 |
Net hedge ineffectiveness (losses) gains |  | $ | (21) |  | $ | 10 |  | $ | 5 |
The following table summarizes the impact on the Consolidated Statements of Income associated with the Company’s fair value hedges of its fixed-rate long-term debt and its investment in ICBC for the years ended December 31:

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