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PENSION AND POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS (Tables)
3 Months Ended
Jan. 28, 2018
PENSION AND POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS  
Components of Pension and Postretirement Benefit Costs

The worldwide components of net periodic pension cost consisted of the following in millions of dollars:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended 

 

 

 

January 28 

 

January 29

 

 

 

2018

 

2017

 

Service cost

    

$

72

    

$

68

 

Interest cost

 

 

98

 

 

90

 

Expected return on plan assets

 

 

(194)

 

 

(197)

 

Amortization of actuarial loss

 

 

61

 

 

60

 

Amortization of prior service cost

 

 

3

 

 

3

 

Net cost

 

$

40

 

$

24

 

The worldwide components of net periodic postretirement benefits cost (health care and life insurance) consisted of the following in millions of dollars:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended 

 

 

 

January 28 

 

January 29

 

 

 

2018

 

2017

 

Service cost

    

$

11

    

$

10

 

Interest cost

 

 

48

 

 

49

 

Expected return on plan assets

 

 

(5)

 

 

(4)

 

Amortization of actuarial loss

 

 

16

 

 

25

 

Amortization of prior service credit

 

 

(19)

 

 

(19)

 

Net cost

 

$

51

 

$

61