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Ford Credit's Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet is unclassified.  Therefore,
the following Tags listed below are not applicable to Ford Credit:  Current
Assets and Current Liabilities.  Information relating to earnings a share is not
presented because Ford Credit is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ford Motor
Company.
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