of this Financial Review.

2012

• For Foreign currency translation adjustments, reflects the weakening of several currencies against the U.S. dollar, primarily the euro, the

Japanese yen, the Australian dollar and the Brazilian real, and the reclassification of amounts associated with dispositions into income.

• For Unrealized holding gains on derivative financial instruments, net reflects the impact of fair value remeasurements and the

reclassification of realized gains into income. See also Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 7. Financial Instruments.

• For Unrealized holding gains/(losses) on available-for-sale securities, net reflects the impact of fair value remeasurements and the reclassification of realized losses into income. For additional information, see Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 7. Financial Instruments.

• For Benefit plans: actuarial gains/(losses), net, reflects the impact of actuarial losses (due to a decrease in the discount rate, partially offset by higher-than-expected returns on plan assets) and the reclassification of certain amounts related to amortization and curtailments/ settlements into income. See also Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 11. Pension and Postretirement Benefit Plans and Defined Contribution Plans.

ANALYSIS OF THE CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

For information about certain of our financial assets and liabilities, including Cash and cash equivalents, Short-term investments, Long-term investments, Short-term borrowings, including current portion of long-term debt, and Long-term debt, see "Analysis of the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows" section of this Financial Review, the “Analysis of Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources: Selected Measures of Liquidity and Capital Resources” section of this Financial Review and Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 7. Financial Instruments.

For information about certain balances in Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts, see also the “Analysis of Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources: Selected Measures of Liquidity and Capital Resources: Accounts Receivable” section of this Financial Review.

For information about our tax accounts, including Current deferred tax assets and other current tax assets, Noncurrent deferred tax assets and other noncurrent tax assets, Noncurrent deferred tax liabilities and Other taxes payable, see Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements— Note 5. Tax Matters.

For a description of changes in Total Equity, see the consolidated statements of equity.

All of the changes in our asset and liability accounts as of December 31, 2014, compared to December 31, 2013, generally reflect, among other things, decreases due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates, some of which impacts were significant. The following explanations exclude the impact of foreign exchange.

• For Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts, the change also reflects the timing of sales and collections in the normal course of business.

• For Inventories, the change also reflects planned inventory reductions, partially offset by inventory