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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) (Tables) [Abstract]  
Components of income tax expense
         
         
      Year ended December 31,
(in millions)  2011 2010 2009
Current:    
 Federal$ 3,352 1,425 (3,952)
 State and local  468 548 (334)
 Foreign  52 78 164
  Total current  3,872 2,051 (4,122)
Deferred:    
 Federal  3,088 4,060 8,709
 State and local  471 211 794
 Foreign  14 16 (50)
  Total deferred  3,573 4,287 9,453
    Total$ 7,445 6,338 5,331
Schedule of net deferred tax asset (liability)
         
         
      December 31,
(in millions)    2011 2010
Deferred tax assets   
 Allowance for loan losses $ 6,955 8,157
 Deferred compensation   
  and employee benefits   4,115 3,473
 Accrued expenses  1,598 1,989
 PCI loans   3,851 4,933
 Basis difference in investments   2,104 2,598
 Net operating loss and tax   
  credit carry forwards   1,701 1,514
 Other     402 1,891
   Total deferred tax assets   20,726 24,555
Deferred tax assets valuation allowance  (918) (711)
         
Deferred tax liabilities   
 Mortgage servicing rights   (7,388) (8,020)
 Leasing   (4,344) (3,703)
 Mark to market, net   (4,027) (5,161)
 Intangible assets   (2,608) (3,322)
 Net unrealized gains on   
  securities available for sale   (2,619) (3,243)
 Other     (3,736) (2,875)
   Total deferred tax liabilities   (24,722) (26,324)
    Net deferred tax   
     asset (liability)$ (4,914) (2,480)
         
Effective income tax expense and rate
                   
                   
      December 31, 
       2011    2010    2009 
(in millions)  AmountRate   AmountRate   AmountRate 
Statutory federal income tax expense and rate $ 8,160 35.0% $ 6,545 35.0% $ 6,162 35.0%
Change in tax rate resulting from:              
 State and local taxes on income, net of              
  federal income tax benefit  730 3.1    586 3.1    468 2.7 
 Tax-exempt interest   (334) (1.4)    (283) (1.5)    (260) (1.5) 
 Excludable dividends   (247) (1.1)    (258) (1.3)    (253) (1.4) 
 Tax credits   (735) (3.2)    (577) (3.1)    (533) (3.0) 
 Life insurance   (222) (1.0)    (223) (1.2)    (257) (1.5) 
 Leveraged lease tax expense  272 1.2    461 2.5    400 2.3 
 Other (1)   (179) (0.7)    87 0.4    (396) (2.3) 
  Effective income tax expense and rate$ 7,445 31.9% $ 6,338 33.9% $ 5,331 30.3%
                   

(1)       Includes other deductible dividends of $(57) million for 2011, $(33) million for 2010, and $(29) million for 2009.

Change in unrecognized tax benefits
        
        
      Year ended
      December 31,
(in millions)   2011 2010
Balance at beginning of year $ 5,500 4,921
Additions:    
 For tax positions related to the current year  279 579
 For tax positions related to prior years  255 301
Reductions:    
 For tax positions related to prior years  (358) (111)
 Lapse of statute of limitations  (75) (148)
 Settlements with tax authorities  (596) (42)
   Balance at end of year$ 5,005 5,500