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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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May 31, 2017
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss Tables [Abstract] |
Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) | The following table provides changes in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (“AOCI”), net of tax, reported in the consolidated financial statements for the years ended May 31 (in millions; amounts in parentheses indicate debits to AOCI):
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Foreign currency translation gain (loss): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance at beginning of period |  | $ | (514 | ) |  | $ | (253 | ) |  | $ | 81 |
Translation adjustments |  |  | (171 | ) |  |  | (261 | ) |  |  | (334 | )
Balance at end of period |  |  | (685 | ) |  |  | (514 | ) |  |  | (253 | )
Retirement plans adjustments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance at beginning of period |  |  | 345 |  |  |  | 425 |  |  |  | 425 |
Prior service credit and other arising during period |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | (4 | ) |  |  | 72 |
Reclassifications from AOCI |  |  | (76 | ) |  |  | (76 | ) |  |  | (72 | )
Balance at end of period |  |  | 270 |  |  |  | 345 |  |  |  | 425 |
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income at end of period |  | $ | (415 | ) |  | $ | (169 | ) |  | $ | 172 |
Reclassification Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) | The following table presents details of the reclassifications from AOCI for the years ended May 31 (in millions; amounts in parentheses indicate debits to earnings):
|  | Amount Reclassified from AOCI |  |  | Affected Line Item in the Income Statement
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |  |  |
Amortization of retirement plans prior service credits, before tax |  | $ | 120 |  |  | $ | 121 |  |  | $ | 115 |  |  | Salaries and employee benefits
Income tax benefit |  |  | (44 | ) |  |  | (45 | ) |  |  | (43 | ) |  | Provision for income taxes
AOCI reclassifications, net of tax |  | $ | 76 |  |  | $ | 76 |  |  | $ | 72 |  |  | Net income

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