Employee stock-based incentives (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Noncash compensation expense related to employee stock-based incentive plans

The Firm recognized the following noncash compensation expense related to its various employee stock-based incentive plans in its Consolidated Statements of Income.

	Three months ended September 30,				Nine months ended September 30,
(in millions)	2015		2014		2015		2014
Cost of prior grants of restricted stock units (“RSUs”) and stock appreciation rights (“SARs”) that are amortized over their applicable vesting periods	$	269	$	326	$	856	$	1,071
Accrual of estimated costs of stock awards to be granted in future periods including those to full-career eligible employees	195		213		683		610
Total noncash compensation expense related to employee stock-based incentive plans	$	464	$	539	$	1,539	$	1,681