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Borrowings and Other Secured Financings (Narratives) (Details) (USD $)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2011
Dec. 31, 2010
Dec. 31, 2012
Subordinated Debt
Oct. 31, 2012
Subordinated Debt
Dec. 31, 2011
Subordinated Debt
Dec. 31, 2012
Junior Subordinated Debt
Dec. 31, 2011
Junior Subordinated Debt
Mar. 31, 2008
Junior Subordinated Debt
Dec. 31, 2011
TLGP
Notes issued, principal amount $ 24,000,000,000 $ 33,000,000,000     $ 2,000,000,000       $ 5,579,173,000  
Notes matured or retired 43,000,000,000 39,000,000,000                
Senior debt that is structured to be callable by the Company or extendible at the option of holders of the senior debt securities 1,131,000,000 1,179,000,000                
Debt agreement entered by subsidiaries, which allow holder to put 1,895,000,000 2,234,000,000                
Weighted average coupon 4.40% [1],[2],[3],[4] 4.00% [1],[2],[5] 3.60% [1] 4.81%   4.77% 6.37% 6.37%    
Year of maturity, minimum 2014                  
Year of maturity, maximum 2067                  
Year which note maturity can be extended to 2052                  
Long-term debt outstanding $ 169,571,000,000 [3],[4] $ 184,234,000,000 [5]               $ 12,100,000,000
[1] Included in the weighted average and effective average calculations are non-U.S. dollar interest rates.
[2] Weighted average coupon was calculated utilizing U.S. and non-U.S. dollar interest rates and excludes financial instruments for which the fair value option was elected.
[3] Amounts include an increase of approximately $6.4 billion at December 31, 2012, to the carrying amount of certain of the Company’s long-term borrowings associated with fair value hedges. The increase to the carrying value associated with fair value hedges by year due was approximately less than $0.1 billion due in 2013, $0.3 billion due in 2014, $0.8 billion due in 2015, $0.8 billion due in 2016, $1.5 billion due in 2017 and $2.9 billion due thereafter.
[4] Amounts include an increase of approximately $0.4 billion at December 31, 2012 to the carrying amounts of certain of the Company’s long-term borrowings for which the fair value option was elected (see Note 4).
[5] Amounts include long-term borrowings issued under the Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program (“TLGP”).