Newly Adopted Accounting Pronouncements (Notes)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

Accounting Changes and Error Corrections [Abstract]

New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles [Text Block]

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Newly Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

Leases

On January 1, 2019, we adopted Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842). This ASU requires lessees to recognize lease assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet. Under the new guidance, lessor accounting is largely unchanged.

We have elected to adopt the standard on the modified retrospective basis. We have also elected the package of practical expedients, which permits us not to reassess our prior conclusions about lease identification, lease classification and initial direct costs. In addition, we have elected the short-term lease recognition whereby we will not recognize operating lease related assets or liabilities for leases with a lease term less than one year. We have also elected the practical expedient to not separate lease and non-lease components for all of our leases. We did not elect the hindsight practical expedient to determine the reasonably certain term of existing leases.

The impact of adopting the new lease standard was the recognition of $44.8 million of lease assets and lease liabilities related to our operating leases. The adoption of the new lease standard had no impact to our Consolidated Statements of Earnings, Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows or Consolidated Statements of Equity.

Derivatives and Hedging

On January 1, 2019, we adopted ASU No. 2017-12, Derivatives and Hedging, and all the related amendments to Accounting Standards Codification Topic 815 which aligns hedge accounting with risk management activities and simplifies the requirements to qualify for hedge accounting. Adoption did not have a material impact on our financial statements. We continue to assess opportunities enabled by the new standard to expand our risk management strategies.