DERIVATIVES ACTIVITIES (Details 2) (USD $)	Sep. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Derivative Mark-to-Market (MTM) Receivables/Payables
Amounts receivable (payable) at fair value related to protection purchased	$ 11,041,000,000	$ 23,840,000,000
Amounts receivable (payable) at fair value related to protection sold	10,072,000,000	22,638,000,000
Payables in respect of cash collateral received netted with unrealized gains	48,000,000,000	31,000,000,000
Receivables in respect of cash collateral paid netted with unrealized losses	52,000,000,000	45,000,000,000
Interest rate contracts \| Trading account assets
Derivative Mark-to-Market (MTM) Receivables/Payables
Derivative instruments designated as ASC 815 (SFAS 133) hedges, assets	916,000,000	867,000,000
Other derivative instruments, assets	767,005,000,000	475,805,000,000
Foreign exchange contracts \| Trading account assets
Derivative Mark-to-Market (MTM) Receivables/Payables
Derivative instruments designated as ASC 815 (SFAS 133) hedges, assets	503,000,000	357,000,000
Other derivative instruments, assets	131,498,000,000	84,144,000,000
Equity contracts \| Trading account assets
Derivative Mark-to-Market (MTM) Receivables/Payables
Other derivative instruments, assets	26,515,000,000	16,146,000,000
Commodity and other contracts \| Trading account assets
Derivative Mark-to-Market (MTM) Receivables/Payables
Other derivative instruments, assets	13,345,000,000	12,608,000,000
Credit derivatives \| Trading account assets
Derivative Mark-to-Market (MTM) Receivables/Payables
Other derivative instruments, assets	104,598,000,000	65,041,000,000
Amounts receivable (payable) at fair value related to protection purchased	94,526,000,000	42,403,000,000
Amounts receivable (payable) at fair value related to protection sold	10,072,000,000	22,638,000,000
Trading account assets
Derivative Mark-to-Market (MTM) Receivables/Payables
Derivative instruments designated as ASC 815 (SFAS 133) hedges, assets	1,419,000,000	1,224,000,000
Other derivative instruments, assets	1,042,961,000,000	653,744,000,000
Total derivatives, assets	1,044,380,000,000	654,968,000,000
Cash collateral paid	59,738,000,000	50,302,000,000
Less: Netting agreements and market value adjustments to assets	(1,043,853,000,000)	(655,057,000,000)
Net receivables	60,265,000,000	50,213,000,000
Interest rate contracts \| Trading account liabilities
Derivative Mark-to-Market (MTM) Receivables/Payables
Derivative instruments designated as ASC 815 (SFAS 133) hedges, liabilities	75,000,000	72,000,000
Other derivative instruments, liabilities	756,138,000,000	476,667,000,000
Foreign exchange contracts \| Trading account liabilities
Derivative Mark-to-Market (MTM) Receivables/Payables
Derivative instruments designated as ASC 815 (SFAS 133) hedges, liabilities	324,000,000	762,000,000
Other derivative instruments, liabilities	133,846,000,000	87,512,000,000
Equity contracts \| Trading account liabilities
Derivative Mark-to-Market (MTM) Receivables/Payables
Other derivative instruments, liabilities	44,665,000,000	33,434,000,000
Commodity and other contracts \| Trading account liabilities
Derivative Mark-to-Market (MTM) Receivables/Payables
Other derivative instruments, liabilities	14,475,000,000	13,518,000,000
Credit derivatives \| Trading account liabilities
Derivative Mark-to-Market (MTM) Receivables/Payables
Other derivative instruments, liabilities	98,475,000,000	59,461,000,000
Amounts receivable (payable) at fair value related to protection purchased	10,889,000,000	23,503,000,000
Amounts receivable (payable) at fair value related to protection sold	87,586,000,000	35,958,000,000
Trading account liabilities
Derivative Mark-to-Market (MTM) Receivables/Payables
Derivative instruments designated as ASC 815 (SFAS 133) hedges, liabilities	399,000,000	834,000,000
Other derivative instruments, liabilities	1,047,599,000,000	670,592,000,000
Total derivatives, liabilities	1,047,998,000,000	671,426,000,000
Cash collateral received	53,431,000,000	38,319,000,000
Less: Netting agreements and market value adjustments to liabilities	(1,040,175,000,000)	(650,015,000,000)
Net payables	61,254,000,000	59,730,000,000
Interest rate contracts \| Other assets
Derivative Mark-to-Market (MTM) Receivables/Payables
Derivative instruments designated as ASC 815 (SFAS 133) hedges, assets	10,667,000,000	6,342,000,000
Other derivative instruments, assets	6,767,000,000	2,756,000,000
Foreign exchange contracts \| Other assets
Derivative Mark-to-Market (MTM) Receivables/Payables
Derivative instruments designated as ASC 815 (SFAS 133) hedges, assets	4,272,000,000	1,656,000,000
Other derivative instruments, assets	767,000,000	1,401,000,000
Credit derivatives \| Other assets
Derivative Mark-to-Market (MTM) Receivables/Payables
Other derivative instruments, assets	542,000,000	88,000,000
Other assets
Derivative Mark-to-Market (MTM) Receivables/Payables
Derivative instruments designated as ASC 815 (SFAS 133) hedges, assets	14,939,000,000	7,998,000,000
Other derivative instruments, assets	8,076,000,000	4,245,000,000
Total derivatives, assets	23,015,000,000	12,243,000,000
Cash collateral paid	340,000,000	211,000,000
Less: Netting agreements and market value adjustments to assets	(3,425,000,000)	(2,615,000,000)
Net receivables	19,930,000,000	9,839,000,000
Interest rate contracts \| Other liabilities:
Derivative Mark-to-Market (MTM) Receivables/Payables
Derivative instruments designated as ASC 815 (SFAS 133) hedges, liabilities	4,916,000,000	2,437,000,000
Other derivative instruments, liabilities	5,545,000,000	2,474,000,000
Foreign exchange contracts \| Other liabilities:
Derivative Mark-to-Market (MTM) Receivables/Payables
Derivative instruments designated as ASC 815 (SFAS 133) hedges, liabilities	1,508,000,000	2,603,000,000
Other derivative instruments, liabilities	1,538,000,000	1,433,000,000
Credit derivatives \| Other liabilities:
Derivative Mark-to-Market (MTM) Receivables/Payables
Other derivative instruments, liabilities	152,000,000	337,000,000
Other liabilities:
Derivative Mark-to-Market (MTM) Receivables/Payables
Derivative instruments designated as ASC 815 (SFAS 133) hedges, liabilities	6,424,000,000	5,040,000,000
Other derivative instruments, liabilities	7,235,000,000	4,244,000,000
Total derivatives, liabilities	13,659,000,000	9,284,000,000
Cash collateral received	4,127,000,000	3,040,000,000
Less: Netting agreements and market value adjustments to liabilities	(3,425,000,000)	(2,615,000,000)
Net payables	$ 14,361,000,000	$ 9,709,000,000

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