Derecognized Deferred Rent And Lease Incentive Liabilities

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Represents the amount of payment on the termination of credit derivatives transactions which the defendant owes to plaintiff as per the calculation of plaintiff.

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Represents the amount of payment on the termination of credit derivatives transactions which the plaintiff owes to defendant as per the calculation of defendant.

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Gain Contingency, Allegations, Payment For Termination of Other Credit Derivative Transactions Owed by Plaintiff to Defendant As Per Calculation of Defendant

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Lessee, Operating Lease, Leases Excluded from Recognition of Topic 842, Initial Term

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Represents the number of credit derivative transactions which the entity has improperly terminated as per the allegations of the plaintiff.

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Represents the number of credit derivative transactions which the entity has improperly calculated termination payment as per the allegations of the plaintiff.

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Operating Lease, Number of Square Feet

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The amount or range of possible amounts of gain that could be realized upon the resolution of a contingency.

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Term of lessee's operating lease renewal, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Present value of lessee's discounted obligation for lease payments from operating lease.

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Amount of lessee's right to use underlying asset under operating lease.

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Weighted average discount rate for operating lease calculated at point in time.

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Weighted average remaining lease term for operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Commitments and Contingencies - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) ft²	Jan. 01, 2019 USD ($)	Apr. 10, 2015 USD ($) Transaction	Mar. 15, 2013 Transaction	Nov. 28, 2011 USD ($) Transaction
Commitments and Contingencies Legal Proceedings
Lease, number of square feet \| ft²	103,500
Lessee, operating lease, renewal term	5 years
Leases excluded from recognition of Topic 842, initial lease term (or less)	12 months
Weighted average remaining lease term (years)-operating leases	12 years
Weighted average discount rate-operating leases	3.00%
Total operating lease liabilities	$ 90	$ 95
Right-of-use asset	$ 65	69
Deferred rent and lease incentive liabilities		$ 26
LBIE vs. AG Financial Products [Member] \| AG Financial Products Inc. [Member] \| Guarantee Obligations [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies Legal Proceedings
Number of credit derivative transactions for which termination payment is alleged to be improperly calculated \| Transaction				9	9
LBIE vs. AG Financial Products [Member] \| Lehman Brothers International (Europe) [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies Legal Proceedings
Gain contingency, number of credit derivative transactions with improperly calculated payments \| Transaction			28
Positive Outcome of Litigation [Member] \| Pending Litigation [Member] \| LBIE vs. AG Financial Products [Member] \| AG Financial Products Inc. [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies Legal Proceedings
Termination payments which LBIE owes to AG Financial Products as per calculation of AG Financial Products					$ 4
Other credit derivative transactions which LBIE owes to AG Financial Products as per calculation of AG financial products					25
Positive Outcome of Litigation [Member] \| Pending Litigation [Member] \| LBIE vs. AG Financial Products [Member] \| Lehman Brothers International (Europe) [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies Legal Proceedings
Termination payments which AG Financial Products owes to LBIE as per calculation of LBIE					$ 1,400
Minimum [Member] \| Positive Outcome of Litigation [Member] \| LBIE vs. AG Financial Products [Member] \| Lehman Brothers International (Europe) [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies Legal Proceedings
Gain contingency, unrecorded amount			$ 200
Maximum [Member] \| Positive Outcome of Litigation [Member] \| LBIE vs. AG Financial Products [Member] \| Lehman Brothers International (Europe) [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies Legal Proceedings
Gain contingency, unrecorded amount			$ 500