Brunswick Corporation Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

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- Document And Entity Information
Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
Accounting Policies
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Fair Value Measurements (Details)

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Fair Value Measurements (Details) (Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member], USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Assets:
Cash equivalents	$ 257.5	$ 179.4
Short-term investments in marketable securities	83.2	12.7
Restricted cash	15.6	6.5
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Other	52.8	51.0
Total liabilities	56.4us-gaap_LiabilitiesFairValueDisclosure	55.4us-gaap_LiabilitiesFairValueDisclosure
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Assets:
Cash equivalents	130.7	119.7
Short-term investments in marketable securities	9.7	0.8
Restricted cash	15.6	6.5
Derivatives	0	0
Total assets	156.0	127.0
Liabilities:
Derivatives	0	0
Other	4.0	4.4
Total liabilities	4.0	4.4
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Assets:
Cash equivalents	126.8	59.7
Short-term investments in marketable securities	73.5	11.9
Restricted cash	0	0
Derivatives	11.1	2.6
Total assets	211.4	74.2
Liabilities:
Derivatives	3.6	4.4
Other	48.8	46.6
Total liabilities	52.4	51.0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Assets:
Cash equivalents	0	0
Short-term investments in marketable securities	0	0
Restricted cash	0	0
Derivatives	0	0
Total assets	0	0
Liabilities:
Derivatives	0	0
Other	0	0
Total liabilities	$ 0	$ 0

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