(in millions) (a) | Pension and Other Benefit Items | Foreign Currency Items | Total | |||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2011 | $ | (3,598 | ) | $ | 231 | $ | (3,367 | ) | ||||
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications | (278 | ) | 114 | (164 | ) | |||||||
Amounts reclassified from AOCI (b) | 263 | — | 263 | |||||||||
Net current-period other comprehensive income | (15 | ) | 114 | 99 | ||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2012 | $ | (3,613 | ) | $ | 345 | $ | (3,268 | ) | ||||
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications | 1,220 | 52 | 1,272 | |||||||||
Amounts reclassified from AOCI | 266 | (b) | (22 | ) | (c) | 244 | ||||||
Net current-period other comprehensive income | 1,486 | 30 | 1,516 | |||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2013 | $ | (2,127 | ) | $ | 375 | $ | (1,752 | ) |
Amount reclassified from AOCI | |||||||||||
(In millions) (a) | Details about AOCI components | 2013 | 2012 | ||||||||
Amortization of pension and other benefit items | |||||||||||
Prior service costs | $ | (11 | ) | $ | (33 | ) | (b) | ||||
Actuarial gains/(losses) | (398 | ) | (360 | ) | (b) | ||||||
Total before tax | (409 | ) | (393 | ) | |||||||
Tax benefit | 143 | 130 | |||||||||
Net of tax | $ | (266 | ) | $ | (263 | ) |
(b) | These AOCI components are included in the computation of net periodic benefit cost (see Note 16 for additional details). |