Interest Rate Risk
We have financial instruments that are subject to interest rate risk, principally fixed-rate debt obligations,
and customer financing assets and liabilities. Additionally, BCC uses interest rate swaps with certain debt
obligations to manage exposure to interest rate changes. Historically, we have not experienced material
gains or losses on our customer financing assets and liabilities due to interest rate changes. As of
December 31, 2013, the impact over the next 12 months of a 100 basis point rise in interest rates to our
pre-tax earnings would not be significant. The investors in our fixed-rate debt obligations do not generally
have the right to demand we pay off these obligations prior to maturity. Therefore, exposure to interest
rate risk is not believed to be material for our fixed-rate debt.
Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk
We are subject to foreign currency exchange rate risk relating to receipts from customers and payments
to suppliers in foreign currencies. We use foreign currency forward and option contracts to hedge the price
risk associated with firmly committed and forecasted foreign denominated payments and receipts related
to our ongoing business. Foreign currency forward and option contracts are sensitive to changes in foreign
currency exchange rates. At December 31, 2013, a 10% increase in the exchange rate in our portfolio of
foreign currency contracts would have decreased our unrealized gains by $244 million and a 10% decrease
in the exchange rate would have increased our unrealized gains by $244 million. Consistent with the use
of these contracts to neutralize the effect of exchange rate fluctuations, such unrealized losses or gains
would be offset by corresponding gains or losses, respectively, in the remeasurement of the underlying
transactions being hedged. When taken together, these forward currency contracts and the offsetting
underlying commitments do not create material market risk