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Short-Term and Long-Term Debt
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Short-Term and Long-Term Debt
SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM DEBT
 
Short-term Debt
 
The table below presents the Company’s short-term debt at December 31, for the years indicated as follows:

 
2019
 
2018
 
($ in millions)
Commercial paper:
 
 
 
Prudential Financial
$
25

 
$
15

Prudential Funding, LLC
524

 
727

Subtotal commercial paper
549

 
742

Mortgage Debt(1)
0

 
53

Current portion of long-term debt:


 


Senior Notes
1,179

 
1,100

Mortgage Debt
192

 
57

Surplus Notes
0

 
499

Subtotal Current portion of long-term debt
1,371

 
1,656

Other(2)
13

 
0

Total short-term debt(3)
$
1,933

 
$
2,451

Supplemental short-term debt information:
 
 
 
Portion of commercial paper borrowings due overnight
$
224

 
$
301

Daily average commercial paper outstanding for the quarter ended
$
1,702

 
$
1,554

Weighted average maturity of outstanding commercial paper, in days
6

 
12

Weighted average interest rate on outstanding commercial paper(4)
1.61
%
 
2.41
%
__________
(1)
Includes $53 million of mortgage debt denominated in foreign currency at December 31, 2018.
(2)
Includes $13 million drawn on a revolving line of credit held by a subsidiary at December 31, 2019.
(3)
Includes Prudential Financial debt of $1,204 million and $1,115 million at December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
(4)
Prior period interest rate has been updated to conform to current period presentation.
 
At December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company was in compliance with all covenants related to the above debt.
 
Commercial Paper
 
Prudential Financial has a commercial paper program with an authorized capacity of $3.0 billion. Prudential Financial’s commercial paper borrowings have generally been used to fund the working capital needs of Prudential Financial’s subsidiaries and provide short-term liquidity at Prudential Financial.
 
Prudential Funding, LLC (“Prudential Funding”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of PICA, has a commercial paper program, with an authorized capacity of $7.0 billion. Prudential Funding commercial paper borrowings generally have served as an additional source of financing to meet the working capital needs of PICA and its subsidiaries. Prudential Funding also lends to other subsidiaries of Prudential Financial up to limits agreed with the NJDOBI. Prudential Funding maintains a support agreement with PICA whereby PICA has agreed to maintain Prudential Funding’s tangible net worth at a positive level. Additionally, Prudential Financial has issued a subordinated guarantee covering Prudential Funding’s $7.0 billion commercial paper program.
 
Federal Home Loan Bank of New York
 
PICA is a member of the FHLBNY. Membership allows PICA access to the FHLBNY’s financial services, including the ability to obtain collateralized loans and to issue collateralized funding agreements. Under applicable law, the funding agreements issued to the FHLBNY have priority claim status above debt holders of PICA. FHLBNY borrowings and funding agreements are collateralized by qualifying mortgage-related assets or U.S. Treasury securities, the fair value of which must be maintained at certain specified levels relative to outstanding borrowings. FHLBNY membership requires PICA to own member stock and borrowings require the purchase of activity-based stock in an amount equal to 4.5% of outstanding borrowings. Under FHLBNY guidelines, if any of PICA’s financial strength ratings decline below A-/A3/A- Negative by S&P/Moody’s/Fitch, respectively, and the FHLBNY does not receive written assurances from the NJDOBI regarding PICA’s solvency, new borrowings from the FHLBNY would be limited to a term of 90 days or less. Currently there are no restrictions on the term of borrowings from the FHLBNY. All FHLBNY stock purchased by PICA is classified as restricted general account investments within “Other invested assets,” and the carrying value of these investments was $30.2 million and $29.9 million as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
 
NJDOBI permits PICA to pledge collateral to the FHLBNY in an amount of up to 5% of its prior year-end statutory net admitted assets, excluding separate account assets. Based on PICA’s statutory net admitted assets as of December 31, 2018, the 5% limitation equates to a maximum amount of eligible assets of $6.7 billion and an estimated maximum borrowing capacity (after taking into account required collateralization levels) of approximately $5.9 billion. Nevertheless, FHLBNY borrowings are subject to the FHLBNY’s discretion and to the availability of qualifying assets at PICA.
 
PICA had no advances outstanding under the FHLBNY facility as of December 31, 2019. In February 2020, PICA issued a $1 billion funding agreement with a seven-year term under this facility.

Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston
 
Prudential Retirement Insurance and Annuity Company (“PRIAC”) is a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston (“FHLBB”). Membership allows PRIAC access to collateralized advances which will be classified in “Short-term debt” or “Long-term debt,” depending on the maturity date of the obligation. PRIAC’s membership in FHLBB requires the ownership of member stock and borrowings from FHLBB require the purchase of activity-based stock in an amount between 3.0% and 4.5% of outstanding borrowings, depending on the maturity date of the obligation. All FHLBB stock purchased by PRIAC is classified as restricted general account investments within “Other invested assets,” and the carrying value of these investments was $6 million and $10 million as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. As of December 31, 2019, PRIAC had no advances outstanding under the FHLBB facility.
 
Under Connecticut state insurance law, without the prior consent of the Connecticut Insurance Department, the amount of assets insurers may pledge to secure debt obligations is limited to the lesser of 5% of prior-year statutory admitted assets or 25% of prior-year statutory surplus, resulting in a maximum borrowing capacity for PRIAC under the FHLBB facility of approximately $271 million as of December 31, 2019.

Surplus Notes

In August 2019, as a result of the note holders’ exercise of the exchange option on $500 million of surplus notes, the Company issued approximately 6.2 million shares of Common Stock at an exchange rate equal to 12.3877 shares of Common Stock per each $1,000 principal amount of surplus notes. The Company’s obligations under the surplus notes are now satisfied.
Credit Facilities
 
As of December 31, 2019, the Company maintained syndicated, unsecured committed credit facilities as described below.
 
Borrower
Original
Term
 
Expiration
Date
 
Capacity
 
Amount Outstanding
 
 
 
 
 
(in millions)
Prudential Financial and Prudential Funding
5 years
 
Jul 2022
 
$
4,000

 
$
0

Prudential Holdings of Japan, Inc.
5 years
 
Sep 2024
 
¥
100,000

 
¥
0


 
The $4.0 billion five-year credit facility contains customary representations and warranties, covenants and events of default and borrowings are not contingent on the borrowers’ credit ratings nor subject to material adverse change clauses. Borrowings under this facility are conditioned on the continued satisfaction of customary conditions, including Prudential Financial’s maintenance of consolidated net worth of at least $20.958 billion, which is calculated as U.S. GAAP equity, excluding AOCI, equity of noncontrolling interests and equity attributable to the Closed Block. The Company expects that it may borrow under the facility from time to time to fund its working capital needs. In addition, amounts under this credit facility may be drawn in the form of standby letters of credit that can be used to meet the Company’s operating needs.
 
The ¥100 billion five-year facility was entered into by Prudential Holdings of Japan, Inc. (“PHJ”) in September 2019. This facility also contains customary representations and warranties, covenants, and events of default and borrowings are not contingent on the borrower’s credit ratings nor subject to material adverse change clauses.
 
Borrowings under each of these credit facilities may be used for general corporate purposes. As of December 31, 2019, the Company was in compliance with the covenants under each of these credit facilities.
 
In addition to the above credit facilities, the Company had access to $370 million of certain other lines of credit at December 31, 2019, of which $160 million was for the sole use of certain real estate separate accounts. The separate account facilities include loan-to-value ratio requirements and other financial covenants, and recourse on obligations under these facilities is limited to the assets of the applicable separate account. At December 31, 2019, $19 million of these credit facilities were used. The Company also has access to uncommitted lines of credit from financial institutions.
 
Put Option Agreement for Senior Debt Issuance
 
In November 2013, Prudential Financial entered into a ten-year put option agreement with a Delaware trust upon the completion of the sale of $1.5 billion of trust securities by that Delaware trust in a Rule 144A private placement. The trust invested the proceeds from the sale of the trust securities in a portfolio of principal and interest strips of U.S. Treasury securities. The put option agreement provides Prudential Financial the right to sell to the trust at any time up to $1.5 billion of 4.419% senior notes due November 2023 and receive in exchange a corresponding amount of the principal and interest strips of U.S. Treasury securities held by the trust. In return, the Company agreed to pay a semi-annual put premium to the trust at a rate of 1.777% per annum applied to the unexercised portion of the put option. The put option agreement with the trust provides Prudential Financial with a source of liquid assets.
 
The put option described above will be exercised automatically in full upon the Company’s failure to make certain payments to the trust, such as paying the put option premium or reimbursing the trust for its expenses, if the Company’s failure to pay is not cured within 30 days, and upon an event involving its bankruptcy. The Company is also required to exercise the put option if its consolidated stockholders’ equity, calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP but excluding AOCI, falls below $7.0 billion, subject to adjustment in certain cases. The Company has a one-time right to unwind a prior voluntary exercise of the put option by repurchasing all of the senior notes then held by the trust in exchange for principal and interest strips of U.S. Treasury securities. Finally, any of the 4.419% senior notes that Prudential Financial issues may be redeemed prior to their maturity at par or, if greater, a make-whole price, following a voluntary exercise in full of the put option.
Long-term Debt
 
The table below presents the Company’s long-term debt at December 31, for the years indicated as follows:
 
 
Maturity
Dates
 
Rate(1)
 
December 31,
2019
 
2018
 
 
 
 
 
($ in millions)
Fixed-rate notes:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Surplus notes
2025
 
8.30%
 
$
342

 
$
341

Surplus notes subject to set-off arrangements
2021-2038
 
3.52%-5.26%
 
7,484

 
6,895

Senior notes
2021-2051
 
1.35%-11.31%
 
10,084

 
8,774

Mortgage debt(2)
2021-2027
 
2.95%-3.85%
 
104

 
237

Floating-rate notes:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Line of Credit
2022
 
3.10%-3.75%
 
300

 
0

Surplus notes subject to set-off arrangements
2024-2037
 
3.48%-4.20%
 
2,265

 
2,200

Senior notes

 
-
 
0

 
29

Mortgage debt(3)
2021-2024
 
2.36%-4.67%
 
241

 
429

Junior subordinated notes(4)
2042-2058
 
1.55%-5.88%
 
7,575

 
7,568

Subtotal
 
 
 
 
28,395

 
26,473

Less: assets under set-off arrangements(5)
 
 
 
 
9,749

 
9,095

Total long-term debt(6)
 
 
 
 
$
18,646

 
$
17,378

 __________
(1)
Ranges of interest rates are for the year ended December 31, 2019.
(2)
Includes $43 million and $101 million of debt denominated in foreign currency at December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
(3)
Includes $53 million and $206 million of debt denominated in foreign currency at December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
(4)
Includes Prudential Financial debt of $7,518 million and subsidiary debt of $57 million denominated in foreign currency at December 31, 2019.
(5)
Assets under set-off arrangements represent a reduction in the amount of surplus notes included in long-term debt, resulting from an arrangement where valid rights of set-off exist and it is the intent of both parties to settle on a net basis under legally enforceable arrangements. These assets include available-for-sale securities that are reported at fair value.
(6)
Includes Prudential Financial debt of $17,430 million and $16,141 million at December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

At December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company was in compliance with all debt covenants related to the borrowings in the table above.
 
The following table presents the contractual maturities of the Company’s long-term debt as of December 31, 2019:
 
 
Calendar Year
 
 
 
2021
 
2022
 
2023
 
2024
 
2025 and
thereafter
 
Total
 
(in millions)
Long-term debt
$
491

 
$
436

 
$
245

 
$
725

 
$
16,750

 
$
18,646


 
Surplus Notes
 
As of December 31, 2019, the Company had $342 million of fixed-rate surplus notes outstanding. These notes are subordinated to other PICA borrowings and policyholder obligations, and the payment of interest and principal may only be made with the prior approval of the NJDOBI. The NJDOBI could prohibit the payment of the interest and principal on the surplus notes if certain statutory capital requirements are not met. At December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company met these statutory capital requirements.

From 2011 through 2013, a captive reinsurance subsidiary entered into agreements providing for the issuance and sale of up to $2 billion of ten-year fixed-rate surplus notes. The aggregate amount available to be issued under these agreements was reduced to $1.75 billion in 2018. The agreements were restructured in 2019 to provide for financing in the same amount through 2036. Under the agreements, the captive receives in exchange for the surplus notes one or more credit-linked notes issued by a special-purpose subsidiary of the Company in an aggregate principal amount equal to the surplus notes issued. The captive holds the credit-linked notes as assets supporting the non-economic portion of the statutory reserve required to be held by the Company’s domestic insurance subsidiaries under Regulation XXX in connection with the reinsurance of term life insurance policies through the captive. The non-economic portion of the statutory reserve equals the difference between the statutory reserve required under
Regulation XXX and the amount the Company considers necessary to maintain solvency for moderately adverse experience. The principal amount of the outstanding credit-linked notes is redeemable by the captive in cash upon the occurrence of, and in an amount necessary to remedy, a specified liquidity stress event affecting the captive. Under the agreements, external counterparties have agreed to fund any such payment under the credit-linked notes in return for a fee. Prudential Financial has agreed to reimburse one of the external counterparties for any payment under the credit-linked notes funded by it in an amount of up to $0.5 billion. As of December 31, 2019, an aggregate of $1.75 billion of surplus notes were outstanding under these agreements and no such payments under the credit-linked notes have been required.
 
In December 2013, a captive reinsurance subsidiary entered into a twenty-year financing facility with external counterparties providing for the issuance and sale of a surplus note for the financing of non-economic reserves required under Guideline AXXX. The current financing capacity available under the facility is $3.5 billion, but can be increased to a maximum potential size of $4.5 billion. The captive receives in exchange for the surplus note one or more credit-linked notes issued by a special-purpose affiliate in an aggregate principal amount equal to the surplus note. The principal amount of the outstanding credit-linked notes is redeemable by the captive in cash upon the occurrence of, and in an amount necessary to remedy, a specified liquidity stress event, and the external counterparties have agreed to fund any such payment. Prudential Financial has agreed to reimburse the captive for investment losses in excess of specified amounts; however, Prudential Financial has no other reimbursement obligations to the external counterparties under this facility. As of December 31, 2019, an aggregate of $3.25 billion of surplus notes were outstanding under the facility and no credit-linked note payments have been required.
 
In December 2014, a captive reinsurance subsidiary entered into a financing facility with external counterparties, pursuant to which the captive agreed to issue and sell a surplus note with a ten-year term in an aggregate principal amount of up to $1.75 billion in return for an equal principal amount of credit-linked notes issued by a special-purpose affiliate. In December 2017, the Company increased the maximum potential size of the facility to $2.4 billion, of which $650 million has a twenty-year term. The captive holds the credit-linked notes as assets supporting non-economic reserves required to be held by the Company’s domestic insurance subsidiaries under Regulation XXX. The principal amount of the outstanding credit-linked notes is redeemable by the captive in cash upon the occurrence of, and in an amount necessary to remedy, a specified liquidity stress event affecting the captive. Under the agreements, external counterparties have agreed to fund any such payment under the credit-linked notes in return for a fee. Prudential Financial has no reimbursement obligations to the external counterparties under this facility. As of December 31, 2019, an aggregate of $2.27 billion of surplus notes were outstanding under the facility and no credit-linked note payments have been required.
 
Another captive reinsurance subsidiary maintains a financing facility with external counterparties, pursuant to which the captive has outstanding $2.36 billion in principal amount of surplus notes and received in return an equal principal amount of credit-linked notes issued by a special-purpose affiliate. The remaining term of the financing is approximately fifteen years. The captive holds the credit-linked notes as assets supporting non-economic reserves required to be held by the Company’s domestic insurance subsidiaries under Regulation XXX. The captive can redeem the credit-linked notes in cash upon the occurrence of, and in an amount necessary to remedy, a liquidity stress event affecting the captive. Current capacity of this financing facility is $2.45 billion. Prudential Financial has agreed to make capital contributions to the captive and to the special-purpose affiliate to reimburse them for investment losses in excess of specified amounts. Prudential Financial has also agreed to reimburse one of the external counterparties for any payments under the credit-linked notes funded by it in an amount of up to $1.0 billion.

In March 2017, a captive reinsurance subsidiary entered into a twenty-year financing facility with external counterparties providing for the issuance and sale of a surplus note for the financing of non-economic reserves required under Guideline AXXX. The initial financing capacity available under the facility was $1.0 billion. In June 2018, the Company amended this captive financing facility by increasing the maximum potential size of the facility to $2.0 billion. The captive receives in exchange for the surplus note one or more credit-linked notes issued by a special-purpose affiliate in an aggregate principal amount equal to the surplus note. The principal amount of the outstanding credit-linked notes is redeemable by the captive in cash upon the occurrence of, and in an amount necessary to remedy, a specified liquidity stress event, and the external counterparties have agreed to fund any such payment. Prudential Financial has no reimbursement obligations to the external counterparties under this facility. As of December 31, 2019, an aggregate of $1.47 billion of surplus notes were outstanding under the facility and no credit-linked note payments have been required.

In March 2018, the Company established a new $1.6 billion captive financing facility to finance non-economic reserves required under Regulation XXX. Similar to the Company’s other captive financing facilities, a captive reinsurance subsidiary issues surplus notes under the facility in exchange for credit-linked notes issued by a special-purpose affiliate that are held to support non-economic reserves. The credit-linked notes are redeemable for cash upon the occurrence of a liquidity stress event affecting the captive and external counterparties have agreed to fund these payments. Prudential Financial has no reimbursement
obligations to the external counterparties under this facility. As of December 31, 2019, $920 million of surplus notes were outstanding under the facility and no credit-linked note payments have been required.

Under each of the above transactions for the captive reinsurance subsidiaries, because valid rights of set-off exist, interest and principal payments on the surplus notes and on the related credit-linked notes are settled on a net basis, and the surplus notes are reflected in the Company’s total consolidated borrowings on a net basis. The surplus notes for the captive reinsurance subsidiaries described above are subordinated to policyholder obligations, and for certain applicable surplus notes, the repayment of principal may only be made with prior approval of the Arizona Department of Insurance. The payment of interest on the surplus notes has been approved by the Arizona Department of Insurance, subject to its ability to withdraw that approval.

In February 2015, Prudential Legacy Insurance Company of New Jersey (“PLIC”) entered into a twenty-year financing facility with certain external counterparties and a special-purpose affiliate, pursuant to which PLIC may, at its option and subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions, issue and sell to the affiliate up to $4.0 billion in aggregate principal amount of surplus notes, in return for an equal principal amount of credit-linked notes. Upon issuance, PLIC would hold any credit-linked notes as assets to support future statutory surplus needs within PLIC. As of December 31, 2019, an aggregate of $100 million of surplus notes were outstanding under the facility and no credit-linked note payments have been required.
Senior Notes
 
Medium-Term Notes Program. The Company maintains a medium-term notes program under its shelf registration statement with an authorized issuance capacity of $20.0 billion. As of December 31, 2019, the outstanding balance of medium-term notes under this program was $9.34 billion, of which $1.15 billion is included in current portion of long-term debt. This is an increase of $1.4 billion from December 31, 2018. The increase was due to the issuance of $1 billion of medium-term notes with an interest rate of 4.350% maturing in February 2050 and $1.5 billion of notes with an interest rate of 3.700% maturing in 2051, offset by $1,100 million of maturities in March and August 2019.
 
Retail Medium-Term Notes Program. The Company maintains a retail medium-term notes program under its shelf registration statement with an authorized issuance capacity of $5.0 billion. As of December 31, 2019, the outstanding balance of the program was $302 million, of which $29 million is included in current portion of long-term debt.

The weighted average interest rate on outstanding senior notes issued under these programs, including the effect of interest rate hedging activity, was 4.85% and 5.04% for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, excluding the effect of debt issued to consolidated subsidiaries.
 
Funding Agreement Notes Issuance Program (“FANIP”). The Company maintains a FANIP in which statutory trusts issue medium-term notes and commercial paper secured by funding agreements issued to the trusts by PICA. These obligations are included in “Policyholders’ account balances” and not included in the foregoing table. See Note 12 for further discussion of these obligations.
 
Mortgage Debt. As of December 31, 2019, the Company’s subsidiaries had long-term mortgage debt of $537 million that has recourse only to real estate property held for investment by those subsidiaries. This represents a decrease of $239 million from December 31, 2018, primarily due to $288 million of prepayment activity, offset by new borrowings in 2019 of $47 million and foreign exchange fluctuations of $2 million.
 
Junior Subordinated Notes
 
Certain of Prudential Financial’s junior subordinated notes outstanding are considered hybrid securities that receive enhanced equity treatment from the rating agencies. These notes outstanding, along with their key terms, are as follows:
 
Issue Date
Principal
Amount
 
Initial
Interest
Rate
 
Investor
Type
 
Optional
Redemption
Date
 
Interest Rate
Subsequent to Optional
Redemption Date
 

Maturity Date
 
($ in millions)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Aug-12
$
1,000

 
5.88
%
 
Institutional
 
9/15/2022
 
LIBOR + 4.18%
 
9/15/2042
Nov-12
$
1,500

 
5.63
%
 
Institutional
 
6/15/2023
 
LIBOR + 3.92%
 
6/15/2043
Dec-12
$
575

 
5.75
%
 
Retail
 
12/4/2017
 
5.75%
 
12/15/2052
Mar-13
$
710

 
5.70
%
 
Retail
 
3/15/2018
 
5.70%
 
3/15/2053
Mar-13
$
500

 
5.20
%
 
Institutional
 
3/15/2024
 
LIBOR + 3.04%
 
3/15/2044
May-15
$
1,000

 
5.38
%
 
Institutional
 
5/15/2025
 
LIBOR + 3.03%
 
3/15/2045
Sep-17
$
750

 
4.50
%
 
Institutional
 
9/15/2027
 
LIBOR + 2.38%
 
9/15/2047
Aug-18
$
565

 
5.63
%
 
Retail
 
8/13/2023
 
5.63%
 
8/13/2058
Sep-18
$
1,000

 
5.70
%
 
Institutional
 
9/15/2028
 
LIBOR + 2.67%
 
9/15/2048

The Company has the right to defer interest payments on these notes for specified periods, typically 5 to 10 years without resulting in a default, during which time interest will be compounded. On or after the optional redemption dates, Prudential Financial may redeem the notes at par plus accrued and unpaid interest. Prior to those optional redemption dates, redemptions generally are subject to a make-whole price; however, the Company may redeem the notes prior to these dates at par upon the occurrence of certain events, such as a future change in the regulatory capital treatment of the notes with respect to the Company.

Limited Recourse Notes. In 2014, the Company entered into financing transactions pursuant to which it issued $500 million of limited recourse notes and, in return, obtained $500 million of asset-backed notes issued by a designated series of a Delaware master trust. The asset-backed notes mature from 2020 through 2026; however, the maturity date of a portion of the notes may be extended by the Company through 2028, subject to conditions.
 
The master trust’s payment obligations under each of the asset-backed notes are secured by corresponding payment obligations of a third-party financial institution and a portfolio of specified assets that have an aggregate value at least equal to the principal amount of the applicable asset-backed note. The principal amount of each asset-backed note is payable to PRIAC in cash at any time upon demand by PRIAC or, if not repaid earlier, at maturity. Each of the limited recourse notes obligates Prudential Financial to reimburse the applicable third-party financial institution for any principal payments received on the corresponding asset-backed note, but there is no obligation to reimburse any portion of a principal payment that is needed by PRIAC to pay then current claims to its policyholders. Each limited recourse note bears interest at a rate equal to the rate on the corresponding asset-backed note, plus an amount representing fees payable to the applicable third-party financial institution. As of December 31, 2019, no principal payments have been received or are currently due on the asset-backed notes and, as a result, there was no payment obligation under the limited recourse notes. Accordingly, the notes are not reflected in the Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2019.
Interest Expense
 
In order to modify exposure to interest rate and currency exchange rate movements, the Company utilizes derivative instruments, primarily interest rate swaps, in conjunction with some of its debt issues. The impact of these derivative instruments is not reflected in the rates presented in the tables above. For those derivative instruments that qualify for hedge accounting treatment, interest expense was less than $1 million, $1 million, and $3 million for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively. See Note 5 for additional information on the Company’s use of derivative instruments.
 
Interest expense for short-term and long-term debt was $1,563 million, $1,423 million and $1,334 million for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.