TRADING ACCOUNT ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Trading account assets and Trading account liabilities
Trading account assets	$ 307,050	$ 291,734
Trading account liabilities	135,956	126,082
Mortgage-backed securities
Trading account assets and Trading account liabilities
Trading account assets	33,610	32,739
U.S. government-sponsored agency guaranteed
Trading account assets and Trading account liabilities
Trading account assets	28,716	27,535
Prime
Trading account assets and Trading account liabilities
Trading account assets	1,181	877
Alt-A
Trading account assets and Trading account liabilities
Trading account assets	616	609
Subprime
Trading account assets and Trading account liabilities
Trading account assets	637	989
Non-U.S. residential
Trading account assets and Trading account liabilities
Trading account assets	621	396
Commercial
Trading account assets and Trading account liabilities
Trading account assets	1,839	2,333
U.S. Treasury and federal agency securities
Trading account assets and Trading account liabilities
Trading account assets	19,542	19,399
U.S. Treasury
Trading account assets and Trading account liabilities
Trading account assets	16,893	18,227
Agency obligations
Trading account assets and Trading account liabilities
Trading account assets	2,649	1,172
State and municipal securities
Trading account assets and Trading account liabilities
Trading account assets	5,970	5,364
Foreign government securities
Trading account assets and Trading account liabilities
Trading account assets	80,514	79,551
Corporate
Trading account assets and Trading account liabilities
Trading account assets	39,822	37,026
Derivatives, assets
Trading account assets and Trading account liabilities
Trading account assets	56,743	62,327
Equity securities
Trading account assets and Trading account liabilities
Trading account assets	45,961	33,230
Asset-backed securities
Trading account assets and Trading account liabilities
Trading account assets	7,293	7,071
Other debt securities
Trading account assets and Trading account liabilities
Trading account assets	17,595	15,027
Securities sold, not yet purchased
Trading account assets and Trading account liabilities
Trading account liabilities	82,202	69,809
Derivatives, liabilities
Trading account assets and Trading account liabilities
Trading account liabilities	$ 53,754	$ 56,273

The total of financial instruments that are bought and held principally for the purpose of selling them in the near term (thus held for only a short period of time) or for debt and equity securities formerly categorized as available-for-sale or held-to-maturity which the entity held as of the date it opted to account for such securities at fair value. An enterprise may also categorize such a security as trading without the intent to sell it in the near term assuming the decision to categorize the security as trading occurred at acquisition.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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