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Exhibit 99.2

Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

 

Year ended December 31, ($ in millions)    2008(a)     2007(a)     2006(a)     2005(a)     2004(a)  

Earnings

          

Consolidated net income (loss)

   $ 1,846      $ (2,418   $ 2,007      $ 2,185      $ 2,793   

Income tax (benefit) expense

     (18     345        74        1,149        1,311   

Equity-method investee distribution

     111        65        651        283        259   

Equity-method investee earnings (losses)

     533        5        (512     (142     (169

Minority interest expense

     1        2        (9     (57     2   

Consolidated income (loss) before income taxes, minority interest, and income or loss from equity investees

     2,473        (2,001     2,211        3,418        4,196   

Fixed charges

     11,834        14,772        15,571        12,662        9,602   

Earnings available for fixed charges

     14,307        12,771        17,782        16,080        13,798   

Fixed charges

          

Interest, discount, and issuance expense on debt

     11,772        14,701        15,499        12,596        9,539   

Portion of rentals representative of the interest factor

     62        71        72        66        63   

Total fixed charges

   $ 11,834      $ 14,772      $ 15,571      $ 12,662      $ 9,602   

Preferred dividend requirements

            192        22                 

Total fixed charges and preferred dividend requirements

     11,834        14,964        15,593        12,662        9,602   

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges (b)

     1.21        0.86        1.14        1.27        1.44   

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges and preferred dividend requirements (c)

     1.21        0.85        1.14        1.27        1.44   
   

 

(a) During the three months ended September 30, 2009, we committed to sell the U.S. consumer property and casualty insurance businesses of our Insurance operations and certain operations of our International Automotive Finance operations. We report these businesses separately as discontinued operations in the Consolidated Financial Statements. See Note 28 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion of our discontinued operations. All reported periods of the calculation of the ratio of earnings to fixed charges exclude discontinued operations.
(b) The ratio calculation indicates a less than one-to-one coverage for the year ended December 31, 2007. Earnings available for fixed charges for the year ended December 31, 2007, was inadequate to cover total fixed charges. The deficient amount for the ratio was $2,001 million.
(c) The ratio calculation indicates a less than one-to-one coverage for the year ended December 31, 2007. Earnings available for fixed charges and preferred dividend requirements for the year ended December 31, 2007, was inadequate to cover total fixed charges. The deficient amount for the ratio was $2,193 million.