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Employee Benefit Plans - Assumptions Used to Calculate Net Periodic Benefit Cost for Domestic Defined Benefit Pension and Postretirement Benefit Plans (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Pre-65
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Health care cost trend rate	7.30%	7.00%	7.00%
Ultimate cost trend rate	4.50%	4.50%	4.50%
Year that the rate reaches the ultimate cost trend rate	2025	2024	2023
Post-65
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Health care cost trend rate	7.30%	7.80%	8.30%
Ultimate cost trend rate	4.50%	4.50%	4.50%
Year that the rate reaches the ultimate cost trend rate	2025	2024	2024
Defined benefit pension plans
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Discount rate	3.40%	3.90%	4.20%
Long-term rate of return on plan assets	6.00%	6.30%	6.50%
Postretirement benefit plans
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Discount rate	3.40%	3.90%	4.20%
Annual increase in Medicare Part B premium	6.00%	6.00%	6.00%

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Annual increase in Medicare Part B premium used to determine net periodic benefit cost for domestic postretirement benefit plans.

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Health Care Cost Trend Rate used to Determine Net Period Benefit Cost

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Weighted average rate for present value of future retirement benefits cash flows, used to determine net periodic benefit cost of defined benefit plan.

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Weighted average rate of return on plan assets, reflecting average rate of earnings expected on existing plan assets and expected contributions, used to determine net periodic benefit cost of defined benefit plan.

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Ultimate trend rate for health care cost for defined benefit postretirement plan.

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