Securities Financing Activities (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009
Components of collateralized financings [Abstract]
Securities purchased under resale agreements	$ 222,302,000,000	$ 195,328,000,000
Securities borrowed	123,587,000,000	119,630,000,000
Securities sold under repurchase agreements	262,722,000,000	245,692,000,000
Securities loaned	10,592,000,000	7,835,000,000
Securities financing activities (Numeric) [Abstract]
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under resale agreements (included $20.3 and $20.5 at fair value)	222,554,000,000	195,404,000,000
Federal funds purchased and securities loaned or sold under repurchase agreements (included $4,060 and $3,396 at fair value)	276,644,000,000	261,413,000,000
Resale and repurchase agreements that have been netted	112,700,000,000	121,200,000,000
Fair value [Member]
Components of collateralized financings [Abstract]
Securities borrowed	13,961,000,000	7,032,000,000
Securities financing activities (Numeric) [Abstract]
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under resale agreements (included $20.3 and $20.5 at fair value)	20,299,000,000	20,536,000,000
Federal funds purchased and securities loaned or sold under repurchase agreements (included $4,060 and $3,396 at fair value)	$ 4,060,000,000	$ 3,396,000,000

This is the carrying value as of the balance sheet date of securities resale and securities repurchase ageements with the same counterpay that have been netted.

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Total federal funds purchased and securities loaned or sold under repurchase agreements classified as (1) Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase and (2) Securities loaned. (1) The amount shown on the books that a bank with insufficient reserves borrows, at the federal funds rate, from another bank to meet its reserve requirements and the amount of securities that an institution sells and agrees to repurchase at a specified date for a specified price, net of any reductions or offsets. (2) The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of securities loaned to other broker dealers, typically used by such parties to cover short sales, secured by cash or other securities furnished by such parties until the borrowing is closed.

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Includes: (1) the amount outstanding of funds lent to other depository institutions, securities brokers, or securities dealers in the form of Federal Funds sold; for example, immediately available funds lent under agreements or contracts that mature in one business day or roll over under a continuing contract, regardless of the nature of the transaction or the collateral involved, excluding overnight lending for commercial and industrial purposes. Also include Federal Funds sold under agreements to resell on a gross basis, excluding (1) sales of term Federal Funds, (2) due bills representing purchases of securities or other assets by the reporting bank that have not yet been delivered and similar instruments, (3) resale agreements that mature in more than one business day involving assets other than securities, and (4) yield maintenance dollar repurchase agreements (Federal Funds Sold) and (2) the dollar amount outstanding of funds lent in the form of security resale agreements regardless of maturity, if the agreement requires the bank to resell the identical security purchased or a security that meets the definition of substantially the same in the case of a dollar roll. Also include purchases of participations in pools of securities, regardless of maturity (Securities Purchased Under Agreements to Re-sell).

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of securities borrowed from broker-dealers or institutions (a) to deliver them in place of securities not available because of short-sales or late or ineffective deliveries; (b) to lend them in connection with finder or conduit transactions; and (c) to be used for other purposes permitted under federal regulations.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of securities loaned to other broker dealers, typically used by such parties to cover short sales, secured by cash or other securities furnished by such parties until the borrowing is closed.

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The carrying value of funds outstanding loaned in the form of security resale agreements if the agreement requires the purchaser to resell the identical security purchased or a security that meets the definition of "substantially the same" in the case of a dollar roll. Also includes purchases of participations in pools of securities that are subject to a resale agreement.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of securities that an institution sells and agrees to repurchase (the identical or substantially the same securities) as a seller-borrower at a specified date for a specified price, also known as a repurchase agreement, or repo. Most repos involve obligations of the federal government or its agencies, but other financial instruments, such as commercial paper, banker's acceptances, and negotiable certificates of deposit, are sometimes used in repos.

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