Variable Interest Entities (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Variable Interest Entities [Abstract]

			Consolidated Securitization Entities
			Credit						Real		Trade
(In millions)	Trinity		Cards		(a)	Equipment		(a)	Estate		Receivables		Other		(b)	Total

March 31, 2012
Assets(c)
Financing
receivables, net	$	0	$	19,801		$	11,325		$	3,183	$	1,354	$	2,828		$	38,491
Investment securities		4,100		0			0			0		0		1,046			5,146
Other assets		326		21			363			211		0		4,050			4,971
Total	$	4,426	$	19,822		$	11,688		$	3,394	$	1,354	$	7,924		$	48,608

Liabilities(c)
Borrowings	$	0	$	0		$	3		$	26	$	0	$	1,387		$	1,416
Non-recourse
borrowings		0		14,044			9,063			3,299		1,582		856			28,844
Other liabilities		4,333		83			0			3		11		1,273			5,703
Total	$	4,333	$	14,127		$	9,066		$	3,328	$	1,593	$	3,516		$	35,963

December 31, 2011
Assets(c)
Financing
receivables, net	$	0	$	19,229		$	10,523		$	3,521	$	1,614	$	2,973		$	37,860
Investment securities		4,289		0			0			0		0		1,031			5,320
Other assets		389		17			283			210		0		2,636			3,535
Total	$	4,678	$	19,246		$	10,806		$	3,731	$	1,614	$	6,640		$	46,715

Liabilities(c)
Borrowings	$	0	$	0		$	2		$	25	$	0	$	821		$	848
Non-recourse
borrowings		0		14,184			8,166			3,659		1,769		980			28,758
Other liabilities		4,456		37			0			19		23		1,071			5,606
Total	$	4,456	$	14,221		$	8,168		$	3,703	$	1,792	$	2,872		$	35,212

(a) We provide servicing to the CSEs and are contractually permitted to commingle cash collected from customers on financing receivables sold to investors with our own cash prior to payment to a CSE, provided our short-term credit rating does not fall below A-1/P-1. We are also owed amounts from the CSEs related to purchased financial assets which have yet to be funded or available excess cash flows due to GE. At March 31, 2012, the amounts owed to the CSEs and receivable from the CSEs were $6,226 million and $4,523 million, respectively.

(b) Includes $1,333 million in other assets and $594 million of borrowings at March 31, 2012 due to the consolidation of an entity involved in power generating activities. This entity was previously subject to a leveraged lease and we consolidated this entity in March 2012 following the execution of an agreement that gave us the power to direct activities of this entity.

(c) Asset amounts exclude intercompany receivables for cash collected on behalf of the entities by GE as servicer, which are eliminated in consolidation. Such receivables provide the cash to repay the entities' liabilities. If these intercompany receivables were included in the table above, assets would be higher. In addition other assets, borrowings and other liabilities exclude intercompany balances that are eliminated in consolidation.

Unconsolidated VIE

	At
	March 31, 2012						December 31, 2011
(In millions)		PTL		All other		Total		PTL	All other		Total


Other assets and investment
securities	$	7,276	$	7,325	$	14,601	$	7,038	$	6,954	$	13,992
Financing receivables – net		0		2,470		2,470		0		2,507		2,507
Total investments		7,276		9,795		17,071		7,038		9,461		16,499
Contractual obligations to fund
investments or guarantees		600		2,144		2,744		600		2,253		2,853
Revolving lines of credit		1,080		74		1,154		1,356		92		1,448
Total	$	8,956	$	12,013	$	20,969	$	8,994	$	11,806	$	20,800

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Tabular disclosure of the significant judgments and assumptions made in determining whether a variable interest (as defined) held by the entity requires the variable interest entity (VIE) (as defined) to be consolidated and (or) disclose information about its involvement with the VIE, individually or in aggregate (as applicable); the nature of restrictions, if any, on the consolidated VIE's assets and on the settlement of its liabilities reported by an entity in its statement of financial position, including the carrying amounts of such assets and liabilities; the nature of, and changes in, the risks associated with involvement in the VIE; how involvement with the VIE affects the entity's financial position, financial performance, and cash flows; the lack of recourse if creditors (or beneficial interest holders) of the consolidated VIE have no recourse to the general credit of the primary beneficiary (if applicable); the terms of arrangements, giving consideration to both explicit arrangements and implicit variable interests, if any, that could require the entity to provide financial support to the VIE, including events or circumstances that could expose the entity to a loss; the methodology used by the entity for determining whether or not it is the primary beneficiary of the variable interest entity; the significant factors considered and judgments made in determining that the power to direct the activities of a VIE that most significantly impact the VIE's economic performance are shared (as defined); the carrying amounts and classification of assets and liabilities of the VIE included in the statement of financial position; the entity's maximum exposure to loss, if any, as a result of its involvement with the VIE, including how the maximum exposure is determined and significant sources of the entity's exposure to the VIE; a comparison of the carrying amounts of the assets and liabilities and the entity's maximum exposure to loss; information about any liquidity arrangements, guarantees, and (or) other commitments by third parties that may affect the fair value or risk of the entity's variable interest in the VIE; whether or not the entity has provided financial support or other support (explicitly or implicitly) to the VIE that it was not previously contractually required to provide or whether the entity intends to provide that support, including the type and amount of the support and the primary reasons for providing the support; and supplemental information the entity determines necessary to provide.

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