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Borrowings (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2018
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of notes payable and short-term borrowings, including the current portion of long-term debt | Notes payable and short-term borrowings, including the current portion of long-term debt, were as follows:
| As of October 31,
| 2018 |  | 2017
| Amount Outstanding |  | Weighted-Average Interest Rate |  | Amount Outstanding |  | Weighted-Average Interest Rate
| Dollars in millions
Current portion of long-term debt | $ | 1,196 |  |  | 2.2 | % |  | $ | 3,005 |  |  | 3.2 | %
FS Commercial paper | 392 |  |  | (0.2 | )% |  | 401 |  |  | (0.1 | )%
Notes payable to banks, lines of credit and other(1) | 417 |  |  | 2.5 | % |  | 444 |  |  | 1.8 | %
Total notes payable and short-term borrowings | $ | 2,005 |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 3,850 |  |  |  |
(1) | Notes payable to banks, lines of credit and other includes $361 million and $390 million at October 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, of borrowing- and funding-related activity associated with FS and its subsidiaries.
Schedule of long-term debt | Long-Term Debt
| As of October 31,
| 2018 |  | 2017
| In millions
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Senior Notes |  |  |  |  |
$2,650 issued at discount to par at a price of 99.872% in October 2015 at 2.85%, due October 5, 2018, interest payable semi-annually on April 5 and October 5 of each year | $ | — |  |  | $ | 2,648 |
$250 issued at par in October 2015 at three-month USD LIBOR plus 1.93%, due October 5, 2018, interest payable quarterly on January 5, April 5, July 5 and October 5 of each year | — |  |  | 250 |
$1,100 issued at discount to par at a price of 99.994% in September 2017 at 2.10%, due October 4, 2019, interest payable semi-annually on April 4 and October 4 of each year | 1,100 |  |  | 1,100 |
$3,000 issued at discount to par at a price of 99.972% in October 2015 at 3.6%, due October 15, 2020, interest payable semi-annually on April 15 and October 15 of each year | 3,000 |  |  | 3,000 |
$500 issued at discount to par at a price of 99.861% in September 2018 at 3.5%, due October 5, 2021, interest payable semi-annually on April 5 and October 5 of each year | 499 |  |  | — |
$800 issued at par in September 2018 at three-month USD LIBOR plus 0.72% due October 5, 2021, interest payable semi-annually on April 5 and October 5 of each year | 800 |  |  | — |
$1,350 issued at discount to par at a price of 99.802% in October 2015 at 4.4%, due October 15, 2022, interest payable semi-annually on April 15 and October 15 of each year | 1,348 |  |  | 1,348 |
$2,500 issued at discount to par at a price of 99.725% in October 2015 at 4.9%, due October 15, 2025, interest payable semi-annually on April 15 and October 15 of each year | 2,495 |  |  | 2,495 |
$750 issued at discount to par at a price of 99.942% in October 2015 at 6.2%, due October 15, 2035, interest payable semi-annually on April 15 and October 15 of each year | 750 |  |  | 750 |
$1,500 issued at discount to par at a price of 99.932% in October 2015 at 6.35%, due October 15, 2045, interest payable semi-annually on April 15 and October 15 of each year | 1,499 |  |  | 1,499 |
Other, including capital lease obligations, at 0.00%-4.91%, due in calendar years 2018-2030(1) | 236 |  |  | 286 |
Fair value adjustment related to hedged debt | (353 | ) |  | (142 | )
Unamortized debt issuance costs | (42 | ) |  | (47 | )
Less: current portion | (1,196 | ) |  | (3,005 | )
Total long-term debt | $ | 10,136 |  |  | $ | 10,182 |
(1) | Other, including capital lease obligations includes $131 million and $160 million as of October 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, of borrowing- and funding-related activity associated with FS and its subsidiaries that are collateralized by receivables and underlying assets associated with the related capital and operating leases. For both the periods presented, the carrying amount of the assets approximated the carrying amount of the borrowings.
Schedule of interest expense on borrowings recognized in the Combined and Consolidated Statements of Earnings | Interest expense on borrowings recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Earnings was as follows:
|  |  | Fiscal years ended October 31,
Expense | Location |  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
|  |  | In millions
Financing interest | Financing interest |  | $ | 278 |  |  | $ | 265 |  |  | $ | 249 |
Interest expense | Interest and other, net |  | 353 |  |  | 334 |  |  | 298 |
Total interest expense |  |  | $ | 631 |  |  | $ | 599 |  |  | $ | 547 |
Schedule of aggregate future maturities of long-term debt at face value | As of October 31, 2018, aggregate future maturities of the Company's long-term debt at face value (excluding a fair value adjustment related to hedged debt of $353 million and a net discount on debt issuance of $9 million), including capital lease obligations were as follows:
Fiscal year | In millions
2019 | $ | 1,201 |
2020 | 3,021 |
2021 | 1,344 |
2022 | 1,363 |
2023 | 16 |
Thereafter | 4,791 |
Total | $ | 11,736 |

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