GECC Financing Receivables and Allowance for Losses (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
		Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing receivables, net	[1]	$ 72,353	$ 72,353	$ 110,255
Assets	[1],[2]	581,310	581,310	653,514
GECC
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing receivables, net of deferred income		87,204	87,204	126,561
Allowance for losses		(3,457)	(3,457)	(4,104)	$ (4,231)	$ (4,025)
Financing receivables, net	[1]	83,748	83,748	122,457
Assets	[1]	427,361	427,361	499,150
Financing receivable held for sale		0	29,016
GECC | Assets held for sale [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing receivable held for sale		0	5,508
GECC | Loans receivable
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing receivables, net of deferred income		82,196	82,196	120,007
GECC | Financing Receivable
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing receivables, net of deferred income		$ 5,008	$ 5,008	$ 6,554

[1] Amounts may not add due to rounding.

[2] (a) Our consolidated assets at September 30, 2015 included total assets of $ 41,589 million of certain variable interest entities (VIEs) that can only be used to settle the liabilities of those VIEs. These assets included current receivables and net financing receivables of $ 28,190 million and investment securities of $ 1,412 million w ithin continuing operations and assets of discontinued operations of $ 11,427 million. Our consolidated liabilities at September 30, 2015 included liabilities of certain VIEs for which the VIE creditors do not have recourse to GE. These liabilities included non-recourse borrowings of consolidated securitization entities (CSEs) of $ 16,225 million within continuing operations and non-recourse borrowings of CSEs within discontinued operations of $ 8,072 million. See Note 16 .