Weighted average life of securitized assets regardless of when the transfer occurred, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The cost to service assumption for securitized financial assets. This is used as a key input and assumption in measuring the fair value of assets or liabilities that relate to a transferor's continuing involvement, if any, as of the date of the latest statement of financial position presented.

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Mortgage Banking Activities, Assumptions and Sensitivity of Residential MSRs (Details) - Residential mortgage servicing rights [Member] $ in Millions	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) $ / loan	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) $ / loan	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Sensitivity Analysis of Fair Value of Interests Continued to be Held by Transferor, Servicing Assets or Liabilities, Impact of Adverse Change in Assumption [Line Items]
Mortgage servicing rights, carried at fair value	$ 9,828	$ 6,920	$ 9,163	$ 6,862	$ 6,717	$ 6,125
Expected weighted-average life (in years)	6 years 3 months 18 days	4 years 8 months 12 days
Key assumptions [Abstract]
Prepayment rate assumption	9.30%	14.70%
Impact on fair value from 10% adverse change	$ 302	$ 356
Impact on fair value from 25% adverse change	$ 720	$ 834
Discount rate assumption	9.10%	6.40%
Impact on fair value from 100 basis point increase	$ 387	$ 276
Impact on fair value from 200 basis point increase	$ 742	$ 529
Cost to service assumption ($ per loan) \| $ / loan	102	106
Impact on fair value from 10% adverse change	$ 174	$ 165
Impact on fair value from 25% adverse change	$ 434	$ 411