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Long-Term Debt and Credit Facilities
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Long-Term Debt and Credit Facilities
Long-Term Debt and Credit Facilities

Long-term debt consisted of the following at December 31:
  
 
Weighted Average Interest Rate
 
Maturities
 
2018
 
2017
Notes
 
2.8%
 
2019
-
2078
 
$
5,820

 
$
6,542

Commercial paper
 
2.5%
 
2019
 
534

 
24

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6,354

 
6,566

Less: Current portion of long-term debt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Total
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
6,354

 
$
6,566



The weighted-average interest rate on short-term borrowings included in Notes and loans payable in the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2018 and 2017 was 5.3% and 2.8%, respectively.

The Company classifies commercial paper and notes maturing within the next twelve months as long-term debt when it has the intent and ability to refinance such obligations on a long-term basis. Excluding such obligations, scheduled maturities of long-term debt and capitalized leases outstanding as of December 31, 2018, were as follows:  
Years Ended December 31,
2019
$

2020
249

2021
298

2022
886

2023
893

Thereafter
2,422



The Company has entered into interest rate swap agreements and foreign exchange contracts related to certain of these debt instruments. See Note 7, Fair Value Measurements and Financial Instruments for further information about the Company’s financial instruments.

The Company’s debt issuances support its capital structure strategy objectives of funding its business and growth initiatives while minimizing its risk-adjusted cost of capital. During the fourth quarter of 2017, the Company issued $400 of five-year notes at a fixed rate of 2.25%. During the third quarter of 2017, the Company issued $500 of thirty-year notes at a fixed rate of 3.70%. The debt issuances in 2017 were under the Company’s shelf registration statement. Proceeds from the debt issuances in 2017 were used for general corporate purposes which included the retirement of commercial paper borrowings.

At December 31, 2018, the Company had access to unused domestic and foreign lines of credit of $3,023 (including under the facility discussed below) and could also issue medium-term notes pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement. In November 2018, the Company amended and restated its five-year revolving credit facility, on substantially similar terms, for a five-year term expiring November 2023 and increasing the facility’s capacity to $2,650. Commitment fees related to the credit facility are not material.

Certain agreements with respect to the Company’s bank borrowings contain financial and other covenants as well as cross-default provisions. Noncompliance with these requirements could ultimately result in the acceleration of amounts owed. The Company is in full compliance with all such requirements and believes the likelihood of noncompliance is remote.