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Asset-Backed Financing (Assets And Liabilities Of Variable Interest Entities) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Sep. 30, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2017 | Sep. 24, 2017
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Finance receivables |  |  |
Assets and Associated Liabilities of Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings |  |  |
Transfers accounts for as secured borrowings, assets, carrying amount | $ 646,842 | $ 943,522 | $ 949,253
Finance receivables | Asset-backed securitizations | SPEs |  |  |
Assets and Associated Liabilities of Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings |  |  |
Transfers accounts for as secured borrowings, assets, carrying amount | 190,461 | 439,301 | 511,643
Finance receivables | Asset-backed U.S. commercial paper conduit facilities | SPEs |  |  |
Assets and Associated Liabilities of Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings |  |  |
Transfers accounts for as secured borrowings, assets, carrying amount | 282,986 | 300,530 | 298,197
Finance receivables | Asset-backed Canadian commercial paper conduit facility | Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary |  |  |
Assets and Associated Liabilities of Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings |  |  |
Transfers accounts for as secured borrowings, assets, carrying amount | 173,395 | 203,691 | 139,413
Allowance for credit losses |  |  |
Assets and Associated Liabilities of Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings |  |  |
Transfers accounts for as secured borrowings, assets, carrying amount | (17,142) | (26,824) | (27,591)
Allowance for credit losses | Asset-backed securitizations | SPEs |  |  |
Assets and Associated Liabilities of Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings |  |  |
Transfers accounts for as secured borrowings, assets, carrying amount | (5,634) | (13,686) | (15,798)
Allowance for credit losses | Asset-backed U.S. commercial paper conduit facilities | SPEs |  |  |
Assets and Associated Liabilities of Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings |  |  |
Transfers accounts for as secured borrowings, assets, carrying amount | (8,393) | (9,392) | (9,233)
Allowance for credit losses | Asset-backed Canadian commercial paper conduit facility | Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary |  |  |
Assets and Associated Liabilities of Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings |  |  |
Transfers accounts for as secured borrowings, assets, carrying amount | (3,115) | (3,746) | (2,560)
Restricted cash |  |  |
Assets and Associated Liabilities of Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings |  |  |
Transfers accounts for as secured borrowings, assets, carrying amount | 43,019 | 58,689 | 63,380
Restricted cash | Asset-backed securitizations | SPEs |  |  |
Assets and Associated Liabilities of Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings |  |  |
Transfers accounts for as secured borrowings, assets, carrying amount | 18,508 | 34,919 | 40,385
Restricted cash | Asset-backed U.S. commercial paper conduit facilities | SPEs |  |  |
Assets and Associated Liabilities of Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings |  |  |
Transfers accounts for as secured borrowings, assets, carrying amount | 15,218 | 13,787 | 14,922
Restricted cash | Asset-backed Canadian commercial paper conduit facility | Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary |  |  |
Assets and Associated Liabilities of Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings |  |  |
Transfers accounts for as secured borrowings, assets, carrying amount | 9,293 | 9,983 | 8,073
Other assets |  |  |
Assets and Associated Liabilities of Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings |  |  |
Transfers accounts for as secured borrowings, assets, carrying amount | 1,732 | 2,618 | 2,790
Other assets | Asset-backed securitizations | SPEs |  |  |
Assets and Associated Liabilities of Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings |  |  |
Transfers accounts for as secured borrowings, assets, carrying amount | 437 | 1,260 | 1,513
Other assets | Asset-backed U.S. commercial paper conduit facilities | SPEs |  |  |
Assets and Associated Liabilities of Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings |  |  |
Transfers accounts for as secured borrowings, assets, carrying amount | 971 | 888 | 927
Other assets | Asset-backed Canadian commercial paper conduit facility | Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary |  |  |
Assets and Associated Liabilities of Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings |  |  |
Transfers accounts for as secured borrowings, assets, carrying amount | 324 | 470 | 350
Total assets |  |  |
Assets and Associated Liabilities of Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings |  |  |
Transfers accounts for as secured borrowings, assets, carrying amount | 674,451 | 978,005 | 987,832
Total assets | Asset-backed securitizations | SPEs |  |  |
Assets and Associated Liabilities of Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings |  |  |
Transfers accounts for as secured borrowings, assets, carrying amount | 203,772 | 461,794 | 537,743
Total assets | Asset-backed U.S. commercial paper conduit facilities | SPEs |  |  |
Assets and Associated Liabilities of Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings |  |  |
Transfers accounts for as secured borrowings, assets, carrying amount | 290,782 | 305,813 | 304,813
Total assets | Asset-backed Canadian commercial paper conduit facility | Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary |  |  |
Assets and Associated Liabilities of Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings |  |  |
Transfers accounts for as secured borrowings, assets, carrying amount | 179,897 | 210,398 | 145,276
Asset-backed debt |  |  |
Assets and Associated Liabilities of Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings |  |  |
Transfers accounts for as secured borrowings, associated liabilities, carrying amount | 542,936 | 806,860 | 832,271
Asset-backed debt | Asset-backed securitizations | SPEs |  |  |
Assets and Associated Liabilities of Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings |  |  |
Transfers accounts for as secured borrowings, associated liabilities, carrying amount | 128,474 | 352,624 | 429,833
Asset-backed debt | Asset-backed U.S. commercial paper conduit facilities | SPEs |  |  |
Assets and Associated Liabilities of Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings |  |  |
Transfers accounts for as secured borrowings, associated liabilities, carrying amount | 265,044 | 279,457 | 280,308
Asset-backed debt | Asset-backed Canadian commercial paper conduit facility | Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary |  |  |
Assets and Associated Liabilities of Transfers Accounted for as Secured Borrowings |  |  |
Transfers accounts for as secured borrowings, associated liabilities, carrying amount | $ 149,418 | $ 174,779 | $ 122,130

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