Supplemental Information About The Credit Quality Of Financing Receivables And Allowance For Losses On (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Commercial Portfolio Segment [Member]

Supplemental Information About Credit Quality Of Financing Receivables And Allowance For Losses On Financing Receivables [Line Items]

Schedule Of Financing Receivables And Allowance For Losses [Table Text Block]

	Financing receivables
	March 31,		December 31,
(In millions)	2013		2012
CLL
Americas	$	72,318	$	72,517
Europe		35,435		37,035
Asia		10,158		11,401
Other		534		605
Total CLL		118,445		121,558
Energy Financial Services		4,734		4,851
GECAS		10,557		10,915
Other		456		486
Total Commercial financing receivables, before allowance for losses	$	134,192	$	137,810
Non-impaired financing receivables	$	129,345	$	132,741
General reserves		563		554
Impaired loans		4,847		5,069
Specific reserves		430		487

Past Due Financing Receivables [Table Text Block]

	March 31, 2013				December 31, 2012
	Over 30 days		Over 90 days		Over 30 days		Over 90 days
	past due		past due		past due		past due
CLL
Americas	1.1	%	0.6	%	1.1	%	0.5	%
Europe	3.9		2.2		3.7		2.1
Asia	0.8		0.4		0.9		0.6
Other	0.0		0.0		0.1		0.0
Total CLL	1.9		1.0		1.9		1.0
Energy Financial Services	0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0
GECAS	0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0
Other	1.6		1.3		2.8		2.8
Total	1.7		0.9		1.7		0.9

Schedule of Financing Receivables, Non Accrual Status [Table Text Block]

	Nonaccrual financing						Nonearning financing
	receivables						receivables
	March 31,			December 31,			March 31,			December 31,
(Dollars in millions)	2013			2012			2013			2012
CLL
Americas	$	1,896		$	1,951		$	1,401		$	1,333
Europe		1,573			1,740			1,122			1,299
Asia		408			395			170			193
Other		9			52			9			52
Total CLL		3,886			4,138			2,702			2,877
Energy Financial Services		0			0			0			0
GECAS		0			3			0			0
Other		14			25			13			13
Total	$	3,900		$	4,166		$	2,715		$	2,890
Allowance for losses percentage		25.5	%		25.0	%		36.6	%		36.0	%

Impaired Financing Receivables [Table Text Block]

	With no specific allowance						With a specific allowance
		Recorded	Unpaid		Average			Recorded	Unpaid				Average
	investment		principal		investment in		investment		principal		Associated		investment in
(In millions)	in loans		balance		loans		in loans		balance		allowance		loans
March 31, 2013
CLL
Americas	$	2,363	$	2,798	$	2,425	$	610	$	751	$	173	$	584
Europe		1,058		1,879		1,094		551		911		236		597
Asia		158		167		110		82		84		17		95
Other		0		0		0		9		13		3		31
Total CLL		3,579		4,844		3,629		1,252		1,759		429		1,307
Energy Financial Services		0		0		0		0		0		0		0
GECAS		0		0		0		0		0		0		2
Other		9		20		13		7		9		1		7
Total	$	3,588	$	4,864	$	3,642	$	1,259	$	1,768	$	430	$	1,316

December 31, 2012
CLL
Americas	$	2,487	$	2,927	$	2,535	$	557	$	681	$	178	$	987
Europe		1,131		1,901		1,009		643		978		278		805
Asia		62		64		62		109		120		23		134
Other		0		0		43		52		68		6		16
Total CLL		3,680		4,892		3,649		1,361		1,847		485		1,942
Energy Financial Services		0		0		2		0		0		0		7
GECAS		0		0		17		3		3		0		5
Other		17		28		26		8		8		2		40
Total	$	3,697	$	4,920	$	3,694	$	1,372	$	1,858	$	487	$	1,994

Financing Receivable Credit Quality Indicators [Table Text Block]

	Secured
(In millions)	A		B		C		Total
March 31, 2013
CLL
Americas	$	68,586	$	1,616	$	2,116	$	72,318
Europe		32,230		1,144		1,209		34,583
Asia		9,737		54		209		10,000
Other		137		33		9		179
Total CLL		110,690		2,847		3,543		117,080
Energy Financial Services		4,603		0		0		4,603
GECAS		10,344		66		147		10,557
Other		456		0		0		456
Total	$	126,093	$	2,913	$	3,690	$	132,696

December 31, 2012
CLL
Americas	$	68,360	$	1,775	$	2,382	$	72,517
Europe		33,754		1,188		1,256		36,198
Asia		10,732		117		372		11,221
Other		161		0		94		255
Total CLL		113,007		3,080		4,104		120,191
Energy Financial Services		4,725		0		0		4,725
GECAS		10,681		223		11		10,915
Other		486		0		0		486
Total	$	128,899	$	3,303	$	4,115	$	136,317

Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Segment [Member]

Supplemental Information About Credit Quality Of Financing Receivables And Allowance For Losses On Financing Receivables [Line Items]

Schedule Of Financing Receivables And Allowance For Losses [Table Text Block]

	Financing receivables
		March 31,		December 31,
(In millions)		2013		2012
Real Estate financing receivables, before allowance for losses	$	19,733	$	20,946
Non-impaired financing receivables	$	14,478	$	15,253
General reserves		107		132
Impaired loans		5,255		5,693
Specific reserves		158		188

Past Due Financing Receivables [Table Text Block]

	March 31, 2013					December 31, 2012
	Over 30 days		Over 90 days			Over 30 days		Over 90 days
	past due		past due			past due		past due
Real Estate	2.2	%		2.0	%	2.3	%		2.2	%

Schedule of Financing Receivables, Non Accrual Status [Table Text Block]

	Nonaccrual financing						Nonearning financing
	receivables						receivables
	March 31,			December 31,			March 31,			December 31,
(Dollars in millions)	2013			2012			2013			2012
Real Estate	$	4,417		$	4,885		$	456		$	444
Allowance for losses percentage		6.0	%		6.6	%		58.1	%		72.1	%

Impaired Financing Receivables [Table Text Block]

With no specific allowance

With a specific allowance

Recorded

Unpaid

Average

Recorded

Unpaid

Average

investment

principal

investment

investment

principal

Associated

investment

(In millions)

in loans

balance

in loans

in loans

balance

allowance

in loans

March 31, 2013

Real Estate

$

3,186

$

3,577

$

3,338

$

2,069

$

2,462

$

158

$

2,136

December 31, 2012
Real Estate	$	3,491	$	3,712	$	3,773	$	2,202	$	2,807	$	188	$	3,752

Financing Receivable Credit Quality Indicators [Table Text Block]

	Loan-to-value ratio
	March 31, 2013						December 31, 2012
	Less than		80% to		Greater than		Less than		80% to		Greater than
(In millions)	80%		95%		95%		80%		95%		95%
Debt	$	13,177	$	2,336	$	3,085	$	13,570	$	2,572	$	3,604

Consumer Portfolio Segment [Member]

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Schedule Of Financing Receivables And Allowance For Losses [Table Text Block]

	Financing receivables
	March 31,		December 31,
(In millions)	2013		2012
Non-U.S. residential mortgages	$	31,689	$	33,451
Non-U.S. installment and revolving credit		18,050		18,546
U.S. installment and revolving credit		48,523		50,853
Non-U.S. auto		3,937		4,260
Other		7,559		8,070
Total Consumer financing receivables, before allowance for losses	$	109,758	$	115,180
Non-impaired financing receivables	$	106,556	$	111,960
General reserves		3,399		2,950
Impaired loans		3,202		3,220
Specific reserves		702		674

Past Due Financing Receivables [Table Text Block]

	March 31, 2013				December 31, 2012
	Over 30 days		Over 90 days		Over 30 days		Over 90 days
	past due		past due(a)		past due		past due(a)
Non-U.S. residential mortgages	11.2	%	7.6	%	12.0	%	7.5	%
Non-U.S. installment and revolving credit	4.1		1.2		3.9		1.1
U.S. installment and revolving credit	4.2		1.9		4.6		2.0
Non-U.S. auto	3.2		0.5		3.1		0.5
Other	2.9		1.7		2.8		1.7
Total	6.1		3.4		6.5		3.4

• Included $18million and $24 million of loans at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively, which are over 90 days past due and accruing interest, mainly representing accretion on loans acquired at a discount.

Schedule of Financing Receivables, Non Accrual Status [Table Text Block]

	Nonaccrual financing						Nonearning financing
	receivables						receivables
	March 31,			December 31,			March 31,			December 31,
(Dollars in millions)	2013			2012			2013			2012
Non-U.S. residential mortgages	$	2,489		$	2,600		$	2,452		$	2,569
Non-U.S. installment and revolving credit		231			224			231			224
U.S. installment and revolving credit		931			1,026			931			1,026
Non-U.S. auto		23			24			23			24
Other		398			427			342			351
Total	$	4,072		$	4,301		$	3,979		$	4,194
Allowance for losses percentage		100.7	%		84.3	%		103.1	%		86.4	%

Non US residential mortgages [Member]

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Financing Receivable Credit Quality Indicators [Table Text Block]

	Loan-to-value ratio
	March 31, 2013						December 31, 2012
	80% or		Greater than		Greater than		80% or		Greater than		Greater than
(In millions)	less		80% to 90%		90%		less		80% to 90%		90%
Non-U.S. residential mortgages	$	17,722	$	5,343	$	8,624	$	18,613	$	5,739	$	9,099

Installment And Revolving Credit [Member]

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Financing Receivable Credit Quality Indicators [Table Text Block]

	Internal ratings translated to approximate credit bureau equivalent score
	March 31, 2013						December 31, 2012
	681 or		615 to		614 or		681 or		615 to		614 or
(In millions)	higher		680		less		higher		680		less
Non-U.S. installment and
revolving credit	$	10,393	$	4,247	$	3,410	$	10,493	$	4,496	$	3,557
U.S. installment and
revolving credit		31,132		9,638		7,753		33,204		9,753		7,896
Non-U.S. auto		2,947		588		402		3,141		666		453