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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
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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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- Definition Weighted average rate for present value of future retirement benefits cash flows, used to determine net periodic benefit cost of defined benefit plan. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 715 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (k)(1) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=108410482&loc=d3e1928-114920 + Details
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- Definition 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. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 715 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (k)(3) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=108410482&loc=d3e1928-114920 + Details
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