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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Aug. 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 our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the three-month periods ended August 31 (in millions; amounts in parentheses indicate debits to AOCI):
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |
Foreign currency translation loss: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance at beginning of period |  | $ | (685 | ) |  | $ | (514 | ) |
Translation adjustments |  |  | 109 |  |  |  | 12 |  |
Balance at end of period |  |  | (576 | ) |  |  | (502 | ) |
Retirement plans adjustments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance at beginning of period |  |  | 270 |  |  |  | 345 |  |
Reclassifications from AOCI |  |  | (19 | ) |  |  | (19 | ) |
Balance at end of period |  |  | 251 |  |  |  | 326 |  |
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) at end of period |  | $ | (325 | ) |  | $ | (176 | ) |
Reclassification Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) | The following table presents details of the reclassifications from AOCI for the three-month periods ended August 31 (in millions; amounts in parentheses indicate debits to earnings):
|  | Amount Reclassified from AOCI |  |  | Affected Line Item in the Income Statement
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  |
Amortization of retirement plans prior service credits, before tax |  | $ | 30 |  |  | $ | 30 |  |  | Salaries and employee benefits
Income tax benefit |  |  | (11 | ) |  |  | (11 | ) |  | Provision for income taxes
AOCI reclassifications, net of tax |  | $ | 19 |  |  | $ | 19 |  |  | Net income

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