Average balance of securities lending.

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Fair value of securities received as collateral that can be resold or repledged percentage.

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Funding Obligation, Amount

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Secured Lending Transactions Outstanding

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Variable Interest Entity, Number of Entities Required to be Consolidated

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Total investments in (A) an entity in which the entity has significant influence, but does not have control, (B) subsidiaries that are not required to be consolidated and are accounted for using the equity and or cost method, and (C) an entity in which the reporting entity shares control of the entity with another party or group. Includes long-term advances receivable from a party that is affiliated with the reporting entity by means of direct or indirect ownership.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.12)
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This element represents the amount of loss recognized for other than temporary impairments (OTTI) of investments in debt and equity securities.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 320
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 5.M)
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The cumulative amount of credit losses recognized in earnings related to debt securities held for which a portion of an other than temporary impairment (OTTI) was recognized in other comprehensive income (a component of shareholders' equity).

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Investments (Additional Information) (Details) entity in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Apr. 29, 2017 USD ($) entity	Apr. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Apr. 29, 2017 USD ($) entity	Apr. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Jul. 30, 2016 USD ($)
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Impairment charges of available-for-sale investments	$ 73,000,000	$ 0	$ 73,000,000	$ 3,000,000
Other than temporary impairment, credit losses recognized in earnings, credit losses on debt securities held	0		0
Average daily balance of securities lending			$ 800,000,000	$ 600,000,000
Fair value of securities received as collateral that can be resold or repledged, percentage (at least)			102.00%
Secured lending transactions outstanding	$ 0		$ 0		$ 0
Number of variable interest entities required to be consolidated \| entity	0.0		0.0
Investments in privately held companies	$ 950,000,000		$ 950,000,000		$ 1,003,000,000
Funding commitments	170,000,000		170,000,000
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Investments in privately held companies	$ 547,000,000		$ 547,000,000