Other Financial Data (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

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Other Items Reported In Earnings

Items reported in earnings from continuing operations during the years ended September 30 included the following:

	2017		2018	2019
Research and development expense	$	340	436	454
Depreciation expense	$	414	444	463
Rent expense	$	289	279	285

Other Assets

Items reported in other noncurrent assets included the following:

	2018		2019
Pension assets	$	591	164
Asbestos-related insurance receivables	$	124	115
Deferred income taxes	$	74	97

Accrued Expenses

Items reported in accrued expenses included the following:

	2018		2019
Employee compensation	$	629	606
Customer advances (contract liabilities)	$	510	519
Product warranty	$	124	140

Other Liabilities

Other liabilities are summarized as follows:

	2018		2019
Pension and postretirement liabilities	$	625	775
Deferred income taxes	484		327
Asbestos litigation	334		313
Other	656		556
Total	$	2,099	1,971