Employee Stock-based Incentives (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

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 March 31,
(in millions)	2016		2015
Cost of prior grants of restricted stock units (“RSUs”), stock appreciation rights (“SARs”) and performance share units (“PSUs”) that are amortized over their applicable vesting periods	$	284	$	292
Accrual of estimated costs of stock-based awards to be granted in future periods including those to full-career eligible employees	235		273
Total noncash compensation expense related to employee stock-based incentive plans	$	519	$	565