Consolidated Balance Sheet (Unaudited) (Parenthetical) (USD $) In Millions, except Share data	Jun. 30, 2011		Dec. 31, 2010
Assets
Cash and due from banks	$ 24,059		$ 16,044
Trading assets	54,770		51,414
Securities available for sale	186,298		172,654
Mortgages held for sale	31,254		51,763
Loans held for sale	1,512		1,290
Mortgages held for sale, carried at fair value	25,175		47,531
Loans held for sale, carried at fair value	1,102		873
Loans, carried at fair value	0		309
Net loans	731,028		734,245
Other assets	91,818		99,781
Total assets	1,259,734	[1]	1,258,128	[1]
Liabilities
Short-term borrowings	53,881		55,401
Accrued expenses and other liabilities	71,430		69,913
Long-term debt	142,872		156,983
Long-term debt, carried at fair value	0		306
Total liabilities	1,121,818	[2]	1,130,239	[2]
Wells Fargo stockholders' equity:
Common stock, par value	$ 1.67		$ 1.67
Common stock, shares issued	5,325,393,921		5,272,414,622
Common stock, shares authorized	9,000,000,000		9,000,000,000
Treasury stock, shares	47,222,127		10,131,394
VIEs that we consolidate [Member]
Assets
Cash and due from banks	172		200
Trading assets	95		143
Securities available for sale	2,315		2,159
Mortgages held for sale	408		634
Loans held for sale	135		0
Net loans	13,600		16,700
Other assets	1,563		2,071
Total assets	18,328		21,915
Liabilities
Short-term borrowings	3,339		3,636
Accrued expenses and other liabilities	724		743
Long-term debt	6,277		8,377
Total liabilities	10,340		12,756
VIEs that we consolidate, no recourse [Member]
Liabilities
Short-term borrowings	26		7
Accrued expenses and other liabilities	121		98
Long-term debt	6,200		8,300
Total liabilities	$ 6,300		$ 8,400

[1] Our consolidated assets at June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, include the following assets of certain variable interest entities (VIEs) that can only be used to settle the liabilities of those VIEs: Cash and due from banks, $172 million and $200 million; Trading assets, $95 million and $143 million; Securities available for sale, $2.3 billion and $2.2 billion; Mortgages held for sale, $408 million and $634 million; Loans held for sale, $135 million and $0; Net loans, $13.6 billion and $16.7 billion; Other assets, $1.6 billion and $2.1 billion, and Total assets, $18.3 billion and $21.9 billion, respectively.

[2] Our consolidated liabilities at June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, include the following VIE liabilities for which the VIE creditors do not have recourse to Wells Fargo: Short-term borrowings, $26 million and $7 million; Accrued expenses and other liabilities, $121 million and $98 million; Long-term debt, $6.2 billion and $8.3 billion; and Total liabilities, $6.3 billion and $8.4 billion, respectively.