Variable Interest Entities - Firm Sponsored Variable Interest Entities (Details 0) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Firm-sponsored mortgage and other consumer securitization trusts
Total assets held by securitization VIEs	$ 290,200,000,000	$ 295,800,000,000
Firm-sponsored credit card securitization trusts
Percentage of the Firm's retained securitization interests risk-rated 'A' or better, at fair value	75.00%	74.00%
Investment Bank
Firm-sponsored credit card securitization trusts
Senior Securities Purchased, Excluded from Interests Continued To Be Held By Transferor, Fair Value	319,000,000	131,000,000
Subordinated Securities Purchased, Excluded From Interests Continued To Be Held by Transferor, Fair Value	94,000,000	45,000,000
Prime
Firm-sponsored mortgage and other consumer securitization trusts
Total assets held by securitization VIEs	101,700,000,000	107,200,000,000
Prime \| Investment Grade A or Better
Firm-sponsored credit card securitization trusts
Retained Interest, Fair Value Disclosure	177,000,000	170,000,000
Prime \| External Credit Rating, Non Investment Grade
Firm-sponsored credit card securitization trusts
Retained Interest, Fair Value Disclosure	233,000,000	171,000,000
Subprime
Firm-sponsored mortgage and other consumer securitization trusts
Total assets held by securitization VIEs	34,600,000,000	34,500,000,000
Option Arms
Firm-sponsored mortgage and other consumer securitization trusts
Total assets held by securitization VIEs	25,300,000,000	26,300,000,000
Commercial mortgage
Firm-sponsored mortgage and other consumer securitization trusts
Total assets held by securitization VIEs	128,600,000,000	127,800,000,000
Commercial mortgage \| Investment Grade A or Better
Firm-sponsored credit card securitization trusts
Retained Interest, Fair Value Disclosure	3,900,000,000	4,100,000,000
Commercial mortgage \| External Credit Rating, Non Investment Grade
Firm-sponsored credit card securitization trusts
Retained Interest, Fair Value Disclosure	139,000,000	164,000,000
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary
Firm-sponsored mortgage and other consumer securitization trusts
Assets held in consolidated securitization VIEs	3,200,000,000	4,000,000,000
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary \| Prime
Firm-sponsored mortgage and other consumer securitization trusts
Assets held in consolidated securitization VIEs	1,900,000,000	2,500,000,000
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary \| Subprime
Firm-sponsored mortgage and other consumer securitization trusts
Assets held in consolidated securitization VIEs	1,100,000,000	1,300,000,000
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary \| Option Arms
Firm-sponsored mortgage and other consumer securitization trusts
Assets held in consolidated securitization VIEs	200,000,000	200,000,000
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary \| Commercial mortgage
Firm-sponsored mortgage and other consumer securitization trusts
Assets held in consolidated securitization VIEs	0	0
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary
Firm-sponsored mortgage and other consumer securitization trusts
Assets held in nonconsolidated securitization VIEs with continuing involvement	213,786,000,000	219,800,000,000
Firm-sponsored credit card securitization trusts
Interest in sponsored credit card securitization trusts	4,500,000,000	4,700,000,000
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary \| Trading assets
Firm-sponsored credit card securitization trusts
Interest in sponsored credit card securitization trusts	1,800,000,000	1,900,000,000
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary \| Available-for-sale Securities
Firm-sponsored credit card securitization trusts
Interest in sponsored credit card securitization trusts	2,700,000,000	2,800,000,000
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary \| Prime
Firm-sponsored mortgage and other consumer securitization trusts
Assets held in nonconsolidated securitization VIEs with continuing involvement	76,311,000,000	80,600,000,000
Firm-sponsored credit card securitization trusts
Interest in sponsored credit card securitization trusts	400,000,000	300,000,000
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary \| Prime \| Trading assets
Firm-sponsored credit card securitization trusts
Interest in sponsored credit card securitization trusts	400,000,000	300,000,000
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary \| Prime \| Available-for-sale Securities
Firm-sponsored credit card securitization trusts
Interest in sponsored credit card securitization trusts	0	0
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary \| Subprime
Firm-sponsored mortgage and other consumer securitization trusts
Assets held in nonconsolidated securitization VIEs with continuing involvement	31,407,000,000	31,300,000,000
Firm-sponsored credit card securitization trusts
Interest in sponsored credit card securitization trusts	100,000,000	100,000,000
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary \| Subprime \| Trading assets
Firm-sponsored credit card securitization trusts
Interest in sponsored credit card securitization trusts	100,000,000	100,000,000
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary \| Subprime \| Available-for-sale Securities
Firm-sponsored credit card securitization trusts
Interest in sponsored credit card securitization trusts	0	0
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary \| Option Arms
Firm-sponsored mortgage and other consumer securitization trusts
Assets held in nonconsolidated securitization VIEs with continuing involvement	25,125,000,000	26,100,000,000
Firm-sponsored credit card securitization trusts
Interest in sponsored credit card securitization trusts	0	0
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary \| Option Arms \| Trading assets
Firm-sponsored credit card securitization trusts
Interest in sponsored credit card securitization trusts	0	0
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary \| Option Arms \| Available-for-sale Securities
Firm-sponsored credit card securitization trusts
Interest in sponsored credit card securitization trusts	0	0
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary \| Commercial mortgage
Firm-sponsored mortgage and other consumer securitization trusts
Assets held in nonconsolidated securitization VIEs with continuing involvement	80,943,000,000	81,800,000,000
Firm-sponsored credit card securitization trusts
Interest in sponsored credit card securitization trusts	4,000,000,000	4,300,000,000
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary \| Commercial mortgage \| Trading assets
Firm-sponsored credit card securitization trusts
Interest in sponsored credit card securitization trusts	1,300,000,000	1,500,000,000
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary \| Commercial mortgage \| Available-for-sale Securities
Firm-sponsored credit card securitization trusts
Interest in sponsored credit card securitization trusts	$ 2,700,000,000	$ 2,800,000,000

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