Note 7 Goodwill

The following are the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill by geographic reporting unit:


(in thousands)	Americas		EMEA		Asia Pacific		Total
Balance at December 31, 2014	$	339,411		216,942		33,184		589,537
Acquisitions and adjustments		47,452		2,602		5,208		55,262
Impairment of goodwill		(382,271)		(61,388)		—		(443,659)
Effect of foreign currency exchange rates		(4,592)		(7,635)		(1,038)		(13,265)
Balance at December 31, 2015		—	$	150,521	$	37,354	$	187,875
Acquisitions and adjustments		—		(137)		189		52
Effect of foreign currency exchange rates		—		(5,413)		(1,284)		(6,697)
Balance at December 31, 2016	$	—	$	144,971	$	36,259	$	181,230

The effect of foreign currency exchange in this table reflects the impact on goodwill of amounts recorded in currencies other than the U.S. dollar on the financial statements of subsidiaries in these geographic areas resulting from the yearly effect of foreign currency translation between the applicable functional currency and the U.S. dollar.

For discussion on goodwill impairment testing, see Note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.