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Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements

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Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]  
Fair value disclosures
Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements
For assets and liabilities required to be reported or disclosed at fair value, U.S. GAAP provides a hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels. Level 1 inputs are quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the reporting entity has the ability to access at the measurement date. Level 2 inputs, other than quoted market prices included within Level 1, are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset or liability.
The Company's assets and liabilities measured or disclosed at fair value were as follows:

Fair value measurements at September 30, 2017 using
 
(in millions)
Total

Quoted prices
in active markets for identical assets
(Level 1)

Significant other
observable inputs
(Level 2)

Significant
unobservable
inputs
(Level 3)

Current assets:




Cash equivalents
$
88

88

—

—

Noncurrent assets:




Interest rate swap arrangements
2

—

2

—

Long-term liabilities:




Debt (note 6)
5,044

—

5,044

—



Fair value measurements at December 31, 2016 using
 
(in millions)
Total

Quoted prices
in active markets for identical assets
(Level 1)

Significant other observable inputs
(Level 2)

Significant unobservable
inputs
(Level 3)

Current assets:




Cash equivalents
$
113

113

—

—

Noncurrent assets:








Interest rate swap arrangements
2

—

2

—

Long-term liabilities:








Debt (note 6)
5,092

—

5,092

—


The majority of the Company's Level 2 financial liabilities are debt instruments with quoted market prices that are not considered to be traded on "active markets," as defined in U.S. GAAP. Accordingly, the financial instruments are reported in the foregoing tables as Level 2 fair value instruments.
During the year ended December 31, 2016, QVC entered into a three-year interest rate swap arrangement with a notional amount of $125 million to mitigate the interest rate risk associated with interest payments related to its variable rate debt. The swap arrangement did not qualify as a cash flow hedge under U.S. GAAP. Accordingly, changes in the fair value of the swap are reflected in gain on financial instruments in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations. At September 30, 2017, the fair value of the swap instrument was in a net asset position of $2 million which is included in other noncurrent assets.