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Marketable and Other Securities (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020
Marketable Securities [Abstract] |
Schedule of Fair Value of Cash Equivalents and Marketable Securities | The following table summarizes the fair value of cash equivalents and marketable debt securities, which approximates cost:
| Fair Value Level |  | September 30, 2020 |  | December 31, 2019
Cash and cash equivalents |  |  |  |  |
Cash and time deposits(a) |  |  | $ | 11,542 |  |  | $ | 6,828 |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |  |  |  |
U.S. government and agencies | 2 |  | 4,600 |  |  | 1,484 |
Corporate debt | 2 |  | 5,517 |  |  | 5,863 |
Sovereign debt | 2 |  | 2,697 |  |  | 2,123 |
Total available-for-sale debt securities – cash equivalents |  |  | 12,814 |  |  | 9,470 |
Money market funds | 1 |  | 2,583 |  |  | 2,771 |
Total cash and cash equivalents(b) |  |  | $ | 26,939 |  |  | $ | 19,069 |
Marketable debt securities |  |  |  |  |
U.S. government and agencies | 2 |  | $ | 3,042 |  |  | $ | 226 |
Corporate debt | 2 |  | 3,798 |  |  | 2,932 |
Mortgage and asset-backed | 2 |  | 628 |  |  | 681 |
Sovereign debt | 2 |  | 2,494 |  |  | 335 |
Total available-for-sale debt securities – marketable securities(c) |  |  | $ | 9,962 |  |  | $ | 4,174 |
Restricted cash |  |  |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents |  |  | $ | 248 |  |  | $ | 292 |
Money market funds | 1 |  | 2,669 |  |  | 3,582 |
Total restricted cash |  |  | $ | 2,917 |  |  | $ | 3,874 |
Available-for-sale debt securities included above with contractual maturities(d) |  |  |  |
Due in one year or less |  |  | $ | 19,357 |  |  |
Due between one and five years |  |  | 2,791 |  |  |
Total available-for-sale debt securities with contractual maturities |  |  | $ | 22,148 |  |  |
__________ (a)Includes $248 million designated exclusively to fund capital expenditures in GM Korea Company (GM Korea) at December 31, 2019. No amount was designated exclusively to fund GM Korea capital expenditures at September 30, 2020. (b)Includes $539 million and $2.3 billion in Cruise at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019. (c)Includes $1.4 billion and $266 million in Cruise at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019. (d)Excludes mortgage- and asset-backed securities of $628 million at September 30, 2020 as these securities are not due at a single maturity date.
Investments Classified by Contractual Maturity Date | The following table summarizes the fair value of cash equivalents and marketable debt securities, which approximates cost:
| Fair Value Level |  | September 30, 2020 |  | December 31, 2019
Cash and cash equivalents |  |  |  |  |
Cash and time deposits(a) |  |  | $ | 11,542 |  |  | $ | 6,828 |
Available-for-sale debt securities |  |  |  |  |
U.S. government and agencies | 2 |  | 4,600 |  |  | 1,484 |
Corporate debt | 2 |  | 5,517 |  |  | 5,863 |
Sovereign debt | 2 |  | 2,697 |  |  | 2,123 |
Total available-for-sale debt securities – cash equivalents |  |  | 12,814 |  |  | 9,470 |
Money market funds | 1 |  | 2,583 |  |  | 2,771 |
Total cash and cash equivalents(b) |  |  | $ | 26,939 |  |  | $ | 19,069 |
Marketable debt securities |  |  |  |  |
U.S. government and agencies | 2 |  | $ | 3,042 |  |  | $ | 226 |
Corporate debt | 2 |  | 3,798 |  |  | 2,932 |
Mortgage and asset-backed | 2 |  | 628 |  |  | 681 |
Sovereign debt | 2 |  | 2,494 |  |  | 335 |
Total available-for-sale debt securities – marketable securities(c) |  |  | $ | 9,962 |  |  | $ | 4,174 |
Restricted cash |  |  |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents |  |  | $ | 248 |  |  | $ | 292 |
Money market funds | 1 |  | 2,669 |  |  | 3,582 |
Total restricted cash |  |  | $ | 2,917 |  |  | $ | 3,874 |
Available-for-sale debt securities included above with contractual maturities(d) |  |  |  |
Due in one year or less |  |  | $ | 19,357 |  |  |
Due between one and five years |  |  | 2,791 |  |  |
Total available-for-sale debt securities with contractual maturities |  |  | $ | 22,148 |  |  |
__________ (a)Includes $248 million designated exclusively to fund capital expenditures in GM Korea Company (GM Korea) at December 31, 2019. No amount was designated exclusively to fund GM Korea capital expenditures at September 30, 2020. (b)Includes $539 million and $2.3 billion in Cruise at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019. (c)Includes $1.4 billion and $266 million in Cruise at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019. (d)Excludes mortgage- and asset-backed securities of $628 million at September 30, 2020 as these securities are not due at a single maturity date.
Reconciliation of Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash from Balance Sheet to Statements of Cash Flows | The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash reported within the condensed consolidated balance sheet to the total shown in the condensed consolidated statement of cash flows:
| September 30, 2020
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 26,939 |
Restricted cash included in Other current assets | 2,419 |
Restricted cash included in Other assets | 498 |
Total | $ | 29,856 |

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