Borrowings (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Debt [Table Text Block]

December 31 (Dollars in millions)	2015					2014
Short-term borrowings			Amount	Average Rate(a)			Amount	Average Rate(a)
GE
Commercial paper		$	500	0.15	%	$	500	0.10	%
Current portion of long-term borrowings			17,777	2.10			2,068	1.05
Other			1,522				1,304
Total GE short-term borrowings(b)			19,799				3,872
GE Capital
Commercial paper
U.S.			650	0.46			22,019	0.19
Non-U.S.			4,351	0.01			2,993	0.25
Current portion of long-term borrowings(c)			24,996	4.28			36,920	2.15
Intercompany payable to GE(d)			17,649				-
GE interest plus notes(f)			-				5,467	1.01
Other(e)			1,005				16
Total GE Capital short-term borrowings			48,650				67,416
Eliminations(d)			(18,556)				(863)
Total short-term borrowings		$	49,892			$	70,425
Long-term borrowings	Maturities		Amount	Average Rate(a)			Amount	Average Rate(a)
GE
Senior notes	2017-2055	$	72,840	3.23	%	$	11,945	4.25	%
Subordinated notes	2021-2037		2,954	3.68			-
Subordinated debentures(g)	2066-2067		6,678	6.14			-
Other			1,298				523
Total GE long-term borrowings(b)			83,770				12,468
GE Capital
Senior notes(c)	2017-2039		59,254	2.54			158,600	2.65
Subordinated notes			249				4,804	3.36
Subordinated debentures(g)			-				7,085	5.88
Intercompany payable to GE(d)			67,465				-
Other(e)			2,094				3,686
Total GE Capital long-term borrowings			129,062				174,174
Eliminations(d)			(67,531)				(46)
Total long-term borrowings		$	145,301			$	186,596
Non-recourse borrowings of
consolidated securitization entities(h)	2016-2017	$	3,083	1.00	%	$	4,403	0.97	%
Total borrowings		$	198,276			$	261,424

• Based on year-end balances and year-end local currency effective interest rates, including the effects from hedging.
• Excluding assumed debt of GE Capital, GE total borrowings is $18,455 million.
• Included $160 million and $439millionof obligations to holders of GICs at December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. These obligations included conditions under which certain GIC holders could require immediate repayment of their investment should the long-term credit ratings of GE Capital fall below AA-/Aa3. The remaining outstanding GICs will continue to be subject to their scheduled maturities and individual terms, which may include provisions permitting redemption upon a downgrade of one or more of GE Capital’s ratings, among other things.
• Included $85,114millionof GE Capital debt assumed by GE and maintained as intercompany payable to GE at December 31, 2015.
• Included $2,721million and $3,830million of funding secured by aircraft and other collateral at December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, of which $1,537million and $1,183million is non-recourse to GE Capital at December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.
• Entirely variable denomination floating-rate demand notes. The GE Interest Plus program was closed effective August 31, 2015.
• Included $2,587 million of subordinated debentures, which constitute the sole assets of trusts that have issued trust preferred securities and where GE owns 100% of the common securities of the trusts. Obligations associated with these trusts are unconditionally guaranteed by GE.
• Included $918 million and $773million of current portion of long-term borrowings at December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. See Note 21.

Schedule Of Maturities Of Long Term Debt [Table Text Block]

(In millions)		2016			2017		2018		2019		2020
GE(a)	$	17,777		$	16,723	$	7,953	$	3,749	$	7,306
GE Capital		24,996	(b)		8,520		7,681		5,714		11,419

• Included borrowings assumed by GE as part of the merger, for which GE has an offsetting amount due from GE Capital, of $17,649 million, $12,454 million, $7,898 million, $3,707 million and $6,548 million in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020, respectively.
• Fixed and floating rate notes of $458 million contain put options with exercise dates in 2016, and which have final maturity beyond 2019

Schedule Of Debt Conversions

December 31 (in millions)		2015
		Borrowings from debt exchange(a)		Borrowings assumed by GE		Borrowings guaranteed by GE
Short-term borrowings
GE
Current portion of long-term borrowings	$	-	$	17,649	$	-
GE Capital
Commercial paper-Non U.S.		-		-		4,351
Current portion of long-term borrowings		15,430		-		24,334
Other		789		-		789
Total short-term borrowings	$	16,219	$	17,649	$	29,474
Long-term borrowings
GE
Senior unsecured notes	$	-	$	57,433	$	-
Subordinated notes		-		2,954		-
Subordinated debentures		-		6,678		-
Other		-		400		-
GE Capital
Senior unsecured notes		16,756		-		56,355
Other		-		-		-
Total long-term borrowings	$	16,756	$	67,465	$	56,355
Total borrowings	$	32,975	$	85,114	$	85,829

(a) Included $4.5 billion in additional bonds issued as a premium that will accrete up to face value ($36 billion) to the maturity date