Guarantees, Pledged Assets and Collateral (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012



			March 31, 2012			December 31, 2011
				Maximum	Non-		Maximum	Non-
			Carrying	exposure	investment	Carrying	exposure	investment
(in millions)			value	to loss	grade	value	to loss	grade
Standby letters of credit		$	5	40,528	25,311	85	41,171	22,259
Securities lending and other indemnifications			7	584	99	-	669	62
Liquidity agreements (1)			-	3	3	-	2	2
Written put options (1)(2)			1,249	10,004	3,812	1,469	8,224	2,466
Loans and MHFS sold with recourse			97	5,717	3,908	102	5,784	3,850
Residual value guarantees			8	197	-	8	197	-
Contingent consideration			33	107	106	31	98	97
Other guarantees			6	553	4	6	552	4
	Total guarantees	$	1,405	57,693	33,243	1,701	56,697	28,740

Certain of these agreements included in this table are related to off-balance sheet entities and, accordingly, are also disclosed in Note 7.
Written put options, which are in the form of derivatives, are also included in the derivative disclosures in Note 12.

Significant Components of Assets Pledged



				Mar. 31,	Dec. 31,
(in millions)				2012		2011
	Securities available for sale		$	73,945		80,540
	Loans			321,782		317,742
		Total	$	395,727		398,282

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of financial instruments held by the entity for its own account for trading or investment purposes that are carried at fair value and pledged to counterparties as collateral for financing transactions. Description may include equity, fixed income, debt or other securities.

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- Definition

Tabular disclosure of each guarantee obligation, or each group of similar guarantee obligations, including (a) the nature of the guarantee, including its term, how it arose, and the events or circumstances that would require the guarantor to perform under the guarantee; (b) the maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) the guarantor could be required to make under the guarantee; (c) the current carrying amount of the liability, if any, for the guarantor's obligations under the guarantee; and (d) the nature of any recourse provisions under the guarantee, and any assets held either as collateral or by third parties, and any relevant related party disclosure. Excludes disclosures about product warranties.

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