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Fair Value Disclosures - Fair Value Of Financial Instruments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | Sep. 30, 2025 | Dec. 31, 2024
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Carrying Amount |  |
Assets |  |
Finance receivables-net (excluding finance leases) | $ 17,285 | $ 16,180
Wholesale inventory receivables-net (excluding finance leases) | 1,753 | 1,568
Carrying Amount | Machinery, Energy & Transportation |  |
Liabilities |  |
Long-term debt (including amounts due within one year) | 10,701 | 8,610
Carrying Amount | Financial Products |  |
Liabilities |  |
Long-term debt (including amounts due within one year) | 26,324 | 25,406
Carrying amount of assets excluded from measurement at fair value |  |
Assets |  |
Excluded items: Finance leases and failed sale leasebacks, Carrying Value | 7,158 | 6,769
Level 3 | Fair Value |  |
Assets |  |
Finance receivables-net (excluding finance leases) | 17,005 | 15,788
Wholesale inventory receivables-net (excluding finance leases) | 1,698 | 1,527
Level 2 | Fair Value | Machinery, Energy & Transportation |  |
Liabilities |  |
Long-term debt (including amounts due within one year) | 10,401 | 7,980
Level 2 | Fair Value | Financial Products |  |
Liabilities |  |
Long-term debt (including amounts due within one year) | $ 26,401 | $ 25,304

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