Short-Term Borrowings (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Short-term Debt [Abstract]

Schedule of Short-term Debt [Table Text Block]

The following table presents the composition of our short-term borrowings portfolio.

	September 30, 2014						December 31, 2013
($ in millions)	Unsecured		Secured (a)		Total		Unsecured		Secured (a)		Total
Demand notes	$	3,376	$	—	$	3,376	$	3,225	$	—	$	3,225
Federal Home Loan Bank	—		1,300		1,300		—		3,570		3,570
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase (b)	—		579		579		—		1,500		1,500
Other (c)	—		—		—		—		250		250
Total short-term borrowings	$	3,376	$	1,879	$	5,255	$	3,225	$	5,320	$	8,545

(a) Refer to Note 13 for further details on assets restricted as collateral for payment of the related debt.

(b) We periodically enter into term repurchase agreements, short-term borrowing arrangements in which we sell financial instruments to one or more investors while simultaneously committing to repurchase them at a specified future date, at the stated price plus accrued interest. The financial instruments sold under agreement to repurchase typically consist of U.S. government and agency securities.

(c) Other relates to secured borrowings at Corporate Finance at December 31, 2013.