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

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 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
	June 30,		December 31,
(In millions)	2013		2012
CLL
Americas	$	70,499	$	72,517
Europe		35,839		37,035
Asia		9,907		11,401
Other		506		605
Total CLL		116,751		121,558
Energy Financial Services		4,671		4,851
GECAS		9,998		10,915
Other		425		486
Total Commercial financing receivables, before allowance for losses	$	131,845	$	137,810
Non-impaired financing receivables	$	127,554	$	132,741
General reserves		639		554
Impaired loans		4,291		5,069
Specific reserves		263		487

Past Due Financing Receivables [Table Text Block]

	June 30, 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	1.0	%	0.6	%	1.1	%	0.5	%
Europe	3.5		2.2		3.7		2.1
Asia	1.0		0.6		0.9		0.6
Other	0.0		0.0		0.1		0.0
Total CLL	1.8		1.1		1.9		1.0
Energy Financial Services	0.0		0.0		0.0		0.0
GECAS	0.1		0.0		0.0		0.0
Other	1.7		1.7		2.8		2.8
Total	1.6		0.9		1.7		0.9

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

	Nonaccrual financing						Nonearning financing
	receivables						receivables
	June 30,			December 31,			June 30,			December 31,
(Dollars in millions)	2013			2012			2013			2012
CLL
Americas	$	1,715		$	1,951		$	1,232		$	1,333
Europe		1,298			1,740			958			1,299
Asia		384			395			177			193
Other		0			52			0			52
Total CLL		3,397			4,138			2,367			2,877
Energy Financial Services		4			0			4			0
GECAS		0			3			0			0
Other		12			25			6			13
Total	$	3,413		$	4,166		$	2,377		$	2,890
Allowance for losses percentage		26.4	%		25.0	%		37.9	%		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
June 30, 2013
CLL
Americas	$	2,272	$	2,729	$	2,373	$	425	$	613	$	102	$	531
Europe		928		1,758		1,039		436		780		148		543
Asia		138		161		120		76		82		11		89
Other		0		0		0		0		0		0		20
Total CLL		3,338		4,648		3,532		937		1,475		261		1,183
Energy Financial Services		0		0		0		4		4		1		1
GECAS		0		0		0		0		0		0		1
Other		6		9		11		6		7		1		7
Total	$	3,344	$	4,657	$	3,543	$	947	$	1,486	$	263	$	1,192

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
June 30, 2013
CLL
Americas	$	66,821	$	1,778	$	1,900	$	70,499
Europe		33,556		573		1,006		35,135
Asia		9,495		91		159		9,745
Other		155		0		0		155
Total CLL		110,027		2,442		3,065		115,534
Energy Financial Services		4,545		0		0		4,545
GECAS		9,819		48		131		9,998
Other		425		0		0		425
Total	$	124,816	$	2,490	$	3,196	$	130,502

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
		June 30,		December 31,
(In millions)		2013		2012
Real Estate financing receivables, before allowance for losses	$	19,621	$	20,946
Non-impaired financing receivables	$	14,893	$	15,253
General reserves		91		132
Impaired loans		4,728		5,693
Specific reserves		144		188

Past Due Financing Receivables [Table Text Block]

	June 30, 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	2.1	%		2.0	%	2.3	%		2.2	%

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

	Nonaccrual financing						Nonearning financing
	receivables						receivables
	June 30,			December 31,			June 30,			December 31,
(Dollars in millions)	2013			2012			2013			2012
Real Estate	$	4,294		$	4,885		$	419		$	444
Allowance for losses percentage		5.5	%		6.6	%		56.1	%		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

June 30, 2013

Real Estate

$

3,207

$

3,369

$

3,295

$

1,521

$

1,973

$

144

$

1,931

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
	June 30, 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	$	13,977	$	1,970	$	2,591	$	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
	June 30,		December 31,
(In millions)	2013		2012
Non-U.S. residential mortgages	$	31,784	$	33,451
Non-U.S. installment and revolving credit		17,620		18,546
U.S. installment and revolving credit		50,155		50,853
Non-U.S. auto		3,808		4,260
Other		7,547		8,070
Total Consumer financing receivables, before allowance for losses	$	110,914	$	115,180
Non-impaired financing receivables	$	107,705	$	111,960
General reserves		3,483		2,950
Impaired loans		3,209		3,220
Specific reserves		668		674

Past Due Financing Receivables [Table Text Block]

	June 30, 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	11.8	%	7.4	%	12.0	%	7.5	%
Non-U.S. installment and revolving credit	4.0		1.2		3.9		1.1
U.S. installment and revolving credit	3.9		1.7		4.6		2.0
Non-U.S. auto	3.3		0.4		3.1		0.5
Other	2.8		1.6		2.8		1.7
Total	6.1		3.2		6.5		3.4

• Included $22million and $24 million of loans at June 30, 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
	June 30,			December 31,			June 30,			December 31,
(Dollars in millions)	2013			2012			2013			2012
Non-U.S. residential mortgages	$	2,399		$	2,600		$	2,388		$	2,569
Non-U.S. installment and revolving credit		225			224			225			224
U.S. installment and revolving credit		822			1,026			822			1,026
Non-U.S. auto		21			24			21			24
Other		379			427			324			351
Total	$	3,846		$	4,301		$	3,780		$	4,194
Allowance for losses percentage		107.9	%		84.3	%		109.8	%		86.4	%

Non US residential mortgages [Member]

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Financing Receivable Credit Quality Indicators [Table Text Block]

	Loan-to-value ratio
	June 30, 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	$	17,764	$	5,340	$	8,680	$	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
	June 30, 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	$	10,262	$	4,162	$	3,196	$	10,493	$	4,496	$	3,557
U.S. installment and
revolving credit		32,869		9,876		7,410		33,204		9,753		7,896
Non-U.S. auto		2,881		546		381		3,141		666		453