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government bonds owned and sold short net

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Fair value of the assets less the liabilities of a derivative or group of derivatives.

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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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Derivative and Other Hedging Instruments (US Treasury Securities) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Jun. 30, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Derivative [Line Items]
U.S. Treasury securities, net	$ (6,748)		$ (9,446)
Weighted Average Yield Percentage	2.64%		3.07%
7 Years Maturity [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
U.S. Treasury securities, net	$ (1,008)		$ 0
At Par Value [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
U.S. Treasury securities, net	(6,115)		(9,129)
TBA and Forward Settling Agency Securities [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount	(19,760)	$ (20,279)	(7,322)	$ (11,043)	$ (6,822)	$ (7,152)
Derivative, Forward Settlement Value	(20,413)		(7,404)
Derivative Asset, Fair Value, Gross Asset	(20,543)		(7,429)
Derivative, Fair Value, Net	130		25
5 Year Maturity [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
U.S. Treasury securities, net	(477)		95
10 Year Maturity [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
U.S. Treasury securities, net	(4,630)		(9,224)
10 Year Maturity [Member] \| US Treasury Securities [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, Fair Value, Net	(3)		14
Short [Member] \| US Treasury Securities [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount	(7,247)	$ (4,245)	(9,224)	$ (7,245)	$ (18,735)	$ (21,345)
Short [Member] \| 10 Year Maturity [Member] \| US Treasury Securities [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount	(1,000)		(1,000)
Derivative, Forward Settlement Value	(1,389)		(1,298)
Derivative Asset, Fair Value, Gross Asset	(1,392)		(1,284)
Fair Value Hedging [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
U.S. Treasury securities, net	(6,748)		(9,446)
Fair Value Hedging [Member] \| 7 Years Maturity [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
U.S. Treasury securities, net	(1,020)		0
Fair Value Hedging [Member] \| 5 Year Maturity [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
U.S. Treasury securities, net	(434)		97
Fair Value Hedging [Member] \| 10 Year Maturity [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
U.S. Treasury securities, net	(5,294)		(9,543)
At Cost Basis [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
U.S. Treasury securities, net	(6,267)		(9,234)
At Cost Basis [Member] \| 7 Years Maturity [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
U.S. Treasury securities, net	(1,007)		0
At Cost Basis [Member] \| 5 Year Maturity [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
U.S. Treasury securities, net	(444)		95
At Cost Basis [Member] \| 10 Year Maturity [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
U.S. Treasury securities, net	$ (4,816)		$ (9,329)
US Treasury Securities [Member] \| Short [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Weighted Average Yield Percentage	1.33%		2.19%
US Treasury Securities [Member] \| Long [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Weighted Average Yield Percentage	0.61%		2.21%