Employee Share-based Incentives (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

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 share-based incentive plans in its Consolidated statements of income.

	Three months ended September 30,				Nine months ended September 30,
(in millions)	2018		2017		2018		2017
Cost of prior grants of RSUs, stock appreciation rights (“SARs”) and performance share units (“PSUs”) that are amortized over their applicable vesting periods	$	282	$	267	$	956	$	867
Accrual of estimated costs of share-based awards to be granted in future periods including those to full-career eligible employees	240		224		852		750
Total noncash compensation expense related to employee share-based incentive plans	$	522	$	491	$	1,808	$	1,617