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Investment [Line Items]
Investment securities amortized cost									$ 28	$ 39					$ 20,098	$ 20,233					$ 4,207	$ 4,084					$ 2,123	$ 2,198					$ 2,941	$ 2,930					$ 5,621	$ 5,784					$ 12	$ 6					$ 2,409	$ 2,391					$ 1,904	$ 1,617					$ 3,404	$ 3,462											$ 15	$ 26					$ 404	$ 513
Investment securities gross unrealized gains							1	0					3,889	4,201					553	575					184	183					263	259					36	31					1	0					155	150					131	149					86	103											1	0					122	86																	0	0					3	0					5,436	5,744					5,439	5,744
Investment securities gross unrealized loss							0	0					(88)	(302)					(112)	(113)					(90)	(119)					(78)	(95)					55	77					0	0					(110)	(126)					(3)	(3)					0	0											0	0					(10)	(3)																	0	0					0	0					546	838					546	838
Investment securities estimated fair value											29	39					23,899	24,132					4,648	4,546					2,217	2,262					3,126	3,094					5,602	5,738					13	6					2,454	2,415					2,032	1,763					3,490	3,565											16	26					516	596																							71
Trading Securities																																																																					74	76																	13	3					186	245
Gross unrealized gains																																																																			17	7																	0	0					0	0
Gross unrealized loss																																																																			0	0																	0	0					0	0
Trading Securities, Fair Value Disclosure																																																																							91	83																	13	3					186	245
Marketable Securities																																																																																																			(3)	(3)	(3)	(3)			68	74		74			43,371	43,533	48,261	48,439			43,436	43,604	48,329	48,510
Net pre-tax gains (loss) on trading securities	42	(23)
Marketable securities OTTI amounts	302
Cumulative impairments recognized in earnings associated with debt securities					588	726
Marketable securities OTTI recorded in AOCI	11
Marketable Securities, Realized Loss, Other than Temporary Impairments, Amount			278	32
Incremental Charges On Previously Impaired Investment Securities	12	5
Other Than Temporary Impairment Related To Equity Securities	1	7
Other Than Temporary First Time Impairments Of Investment Securities Recognized In Earnings	263	7
Other Than Temporary Impairment Related To Securities Subsequently Sold	1	136
Proceeds from Sale of Available-for-sale Securities	6,801	3,762
Other than Temporary Impairment Losses, Investments, Portion Recognized in Earnings, Net, Available-for-sale Securities	$ 291	$ 32