SECURITIZATIONS AND VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES (Details 9) (USD $)	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011 D	Dec. 31, 2010 D
Classification of Other Securitization Details
Commercial paper	$ 24,245,000,000	24,657,000,000
Citi-administered asset-backed commercial paper conduits (ABCP)
Classification of Other Securitization Details
Weighted average life of commercial paper, low end of range (in days)	30
Weighted average life of commercial paper, high end of range (in days)	60
Weighted average life of commercial paper issued by conduits (in days)	41	41
Letters of credit as percentage of conduit assets, low end of range (as a percent)	8.00%
Letters of credit as percentage of conduit assets, high end of range (as a percent)	10.00%
Floor price of conduit's assets	200,000,000
Letters of credit provided to conduits	1,800,000,000
Notional exposure under program-wide liquidity agreement	600,000,000
Assets held by unconsolidated government guaranteed loan conduit	11,500,000,000
Third-party commercial paper conduits
Classification of Other Securitization Details
Notional amount of commercial paper under third party conduits	755,000,000
Amount funded under liquidity facilities	457,000,000
Collateralized debt obligations (CDOs)
Classification of Other Securitization Details
Commercial paper issuance, description of variable rate basis	LIBOR
Commercial paper issuance, limit on LIBOR variable rate, low end (in basis points)	35
Commercial paper issuance, limit on LIBOR variable rate, high end (in basis points)	40
Municipal securities tender option bond trusts (TOBs)
Classification of Other Securitization Details
Percentage of maximum residuals to total trust funding (as a percent)	25.00%
Floater inventory held by entity	129,000,000
Municipal bonds owned by trusts, that have credit guarantee provided by the Company	300,000,000
Liquidity agreements, customer TOB trust	9,600,000,000
Percentage of minimum residual owned by customer to bond value, remaining exposure (as a percent)	25.00%
Notional amount of offsetting reimbursement agreements	8,300,000,000
Notional amount to QSPE TOB trusts and other non-consolidated proprietary TOB trusts	20,000,000
Residuals held by hedge funds, consolidated and managed, proprietary TOB trusts	$ 46,000,000

This element represents the amount of assets held in the unconsolidated government-guaranteed loan conduit.

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- Definition

The reference rate for the specified maximum variable rate of interest related to the issuance of commercial paper under the terms of the liquidity puts.

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- Definition

The high end of the range of basis points added to the reference rate to compute the specified maximum variable rate of interest related to the issuance of commercial paper under the terms of the liquidity puts.

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Period Type:	duration

- Definition

The low end of the range of basis points added to the reference rate to compute the specified maximum variable rate of interest related to the issuance of commercial paper under the terms of the liquidity puts.

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Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

- Definition

Represents the floater inventory related to the customer or proprietary TOB programs that is held by the entity .

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Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

Represents the amount of floor price of asset-backed commercial paper conduits.

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Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

This element represents the high end of the range of percentage of letters of credit to conduit assets.

+ Details

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Data Type:	us-types:percentItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

- Definition

This element represents the low end of the range of percentage of letters of credit to conduit assets.

+ Details

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Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

- Definition

This element represents the letters of credit provided to conduits.

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Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

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

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Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

This element represents the amount funded under the liquidity facilities.

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Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	duration

- Definition

This element represents the maximum exposure of loss under program wide liquidity arrangements.

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Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

This element represents the percentage by which residuals are frequently less than the trust's total funding.

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Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

- Definition

This element represents the amount of municipal bonds owned by trusts that have a credit guarantee provided by the entity.

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Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

This element represents the notional amount of liquidity arrangements for other non-consolidated proprietary trusts.

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Period Type:	instant

- Definition

This element represents the notional amount of commercial paper issued under third party conduits.

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Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

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

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Period Type:	instant

- Definition

The percentage of residual owned by the customer to the bond value, related to the remaining exposure with respect to customer TOB trusts.

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Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

- Definition

The amount of assets in proprietary TOB trusts where the residuals are held by hedge funds that are consolidated and managed by the entity.

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Period Type:	instant

- Definition

This element represents the high end of the range of the weighted average life, in days, of short-term commercial paper.

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Period Type:	duration

- Definition

This element represents the weighted average life, in days, of commercial paper issued by the conduits.

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- Definition

This element represents the low end of the range of the weighted average life, in days, of short-term commercial paper.

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- Definition

Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of short-term borrowings using unsecured obligations issued by banks, corporations and other borrowers to investors. The maturities of these money market securities generally do not exceed 270 days.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 03

-Paragraph 16

-Article 7

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

-Paragraph 19

-Subparagraph a(3)

-Article 5

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 03

-Paragraph 13

-Subparagraph 2

-Article 9

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Period Type:	instant