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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2020
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss Tables [Abstract] |
Schedule of Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) ("AOCI") | The following table provides changes in accumulated other comprehensive income (“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):
|  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |
Foreign currency translation loss: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance at beginning of period |  | $ | (1,207 | ) |  | $ | (954 | )
Translation adjustments |  |  | 129 |  |  |  | (83 | )
Reclassification to retained earnings due to the adoption of ASU 2018-02 |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1 |
Balance at end of period |  |  | (1,078 | ) |  |  | (1,036 | )
Retirement plans adjustments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance at beginning of period |  |  | 60 |  |  |  | 89 |
Reclassifications from AOCI |  |  | (2 | ) |  |  | (21 | )
Reclassification to retained earnings due to the adoption of ASU 2018-02 |  |  | — |  |  |  | 50 |
Balance at end of period |  |  | 58 |  |  |  | 118 |
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) at end of period |  | $ | (1,020 | ) |  | $ | (918 | )
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
|  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  |
Amortization of retirement plans prior service credits, before tax |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 27 |  |  | Other retirement plans (expense) income
Income tax benefit |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | (6 | ) |  | Provision for income taxes
AOCI reclassifications, net of tax |  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | 21 |  |  | Net income

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