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Revenues from Services (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
 3 Months Ended 9 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
Sep. 30, 2014
Sep. 30, 2015
Sep. 30, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2014
Subsidiary Revenue From Services [Line Items]            
Interest on loans $ 3,010 $ 3,128 $ 8,902 $ 9,194    
Revenues from services (Note 9) [1] 6,290 6,356 17,388 19,134    
Net other-than-temporary impairments on investment securities         $ 0  
Assets [1],[2] 433,819   433,819     $ 502,570
Financing Receivable, Net [1] 83,748   83,748     122,457
Liabilities [1],[2] 362,493   362,493     412,172
Deposits 48,656   48,656     43,841
Revenues [1] 6,312 6,384 17,452 19,223    
Significant associated companies [Member]            
Subsidiary Revenue From Services [Line Items]            
Assets 54,302   54,302     78,632
Financing Receivable, Net 25,334   25,334     46,481
Liabilities 37,402   37,402     $ 57,273
Revenues 2,990 3,612 9,469 14,162    
Net earnings $ 328 $ 784 $ 1,030 $ 2,281    
[1] Amounts may not add due to rounding.
[2] (a) Our consolidated assets at September 30, 2015 included total assets of $ 41,815 million of certain variable interest entities (VIEs) that can only be used to settle the liabilities of those VIEs. These assets included net financing receivables of $ 27,701 million and investment securities of $ 1,412 million with in continuing operations and assets of discontinued operations of $ 11,427 million . Our consolidated liabilities at September 30, 2015 included liabilities of certain VIEs for which the VIE creditors do not have recourse to GECC. These liabilities included non-recourse borrowings of consolidated securitization entities (CSEs) of $ 16,225 million within continuing operations and non-recourse borrowings of CSEs within discontinu ed operations of $ 8,072 million . See N ote 12 .