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Leases (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Leases [Abstract]

Schedule of Lease Related Assets and Liabilities

Operating lease amounts included on the Consolidated Balance Sheets are as follows:

						December 31,
						2023						2022
						($ in millions)
			Classification
Assets
Right-of-use (ROU) assets			Other assets			$	390					$	407
Liabilities
Current lease liabilities			Other current liabilities			$	105					$	94
Non-current lease liabilities			Other liabilities			287						316
Total lease liabilities						$	392					$	410

Lease, Cost

The components of total lease expense, primarily included in “Purchased services and rents,” are as follows:

			2023						2022						2021
			($ in millions)
Operating lease expense			$	115					$	101					$	106
Variable lease expense			84						55						44
Short-term lease expense			15						18						9
Total lease expense			$	214					$	174					$	159

Other information related to operating leases is as follows:

			December 31,
			2023						2022
Weighted-average remaining lease term (years) on operating leases			6.12						6.67
Weighted-average discount rates on operating leases			3.78		%				3.16		%

Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Maturity

Future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases are as follows:

			December 31, 2023
			($ in millions)
2024			$	116
2025			105
2026			85
2027			42
2028			30
2029 and subsequent years			66
Total lease payments			444
Less: Interest			52
Present value of lease liabilities			$	392

			December 31, 2022
			($ in millions)
2023			$	103
2024			95
2025			87
2026			69
2027			27
2028 and subsequent years			81
Total lease payments			462
Less: Interest			52
Present value of lease liabilities			$	410

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Tabular disclosure of lessee's lease cost. Includes, but is not limited to, interest expense for finance lease, amortization of right-of-use asset for finance lease, operating lease cost, short-term lease cost, variable lease cost and sublease income.

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-Topic 842
-SubTopic 20
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
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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.

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-Section 50
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-Publisher FASB
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