SECURITIZATIONS AND VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES - Municipal Securities Tender Option Bond Trusts (Details) - Municipal securities tender option bond trusts (TOBs) - USD ($) $ in Billions	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Variable Interest Entity
Liquidity agreements, customer TOB trust	$ 0.9	$ 1.1
Notional amount of offsetting reimbursement agreements	0.6	0.7
Liquidity agreements, other trusts	$ 1.4	$ 1.4
Maximum
Variable Interest Entity
The threshold ownership percentage on Residual value of customers TOBs for which the reimbursement agreement applied	25.00%

This element represents the amount of liquidity agreements for customer TOB trusts.

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Represents the amount of liquidity arrangements for other non-consolidated proprietary trusts.

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The notional amount of reimbursement agreements in place, which offset liquidity agreements for customer TOB trusts.

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Represent the threshold of ownership percentage on Residual value of customers TOBs in which if the customers own less than the threshold will have to reimburse the entity for any payment made under the liquidity arrangement.

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