Regulation and Capital Adequacy - Risk-based Capital and Leverage Ratios and "Well-capitalized" Requirements (Detail)	Sep. 30, 2022
Compliance with Regulatory Capital Requirements under Banking Regulations [Line Items]
Minimum required CET1 ratio applicable to advanced approach banking institutions	4.50%
Minimum required Tier 1 capital ratio applicable to advanced approach banking institutions	6.00%
Minimum required Total capital ratio applicable to advanced approach banking institutions	8.00%
Counter-cyclical capital buffer	0.00%
GS Bank USA
Compliance with Regulatory Capital Requirements under Banking Regulations [Line Items]
Requirements, CET 1 capital ratio	7.00%
Requirements, Tier 1 capital ratio	8.50%
Requirements, Total capital ratio	10.50%
Requirements, Tier 1 leverage ratio	4.00%
Requirements, SLR	3.00%
"Well-capitalized" Requirements, CET1 capital ratio	6.50%
"Well-capitalized" Requirements, Tier 1 capital ratio	0.080
"Well-capitalized" Requirements, Total capital ratio	0.100
"Well-capitalized" Requirements, Tier 1 leverage ratio	0.050
"Well-capitalized" Requirements, SLR	6.00%
Minimum required CET1 ratio applicable to advanced approach banking institutions	4.50%
Minimum required Tier 1 capital ratio applicable to advanced approach banking institutions	6.00%
Minimum required Total capital ratio applicable to advanced approach banking institutions	8.00%
Capital conservation buffer	2.50%
Counter-cyclical capital buffer	0.00%

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The CET1 ratio (CET1 divided by risk weighted assets) required to be categorized as "well capitalized" under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action.

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Minimum required capital ratio applicable to advanced approach banking institutions.

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Minimum required CET 1 ratio effective January 2014 applicable to advanced approach banking institutions.

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Minimum required Tier One capital ratio applicable to advanced approach banking institutions.

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Required capital ratio applicable to advanced approach banking institutions

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Required CET1 ratio effective January 2014 applicable to advanced approach banking institutions.

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Required Supplementary Tier One Leverage Ratio For Insured Depository Institutions That are Subsidiaries of Bank Holding Companies.

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Required Tier One leverage ratio applicable to advanced approach banking institutions.

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Required Well Capitalized Minimum Supplementary Tier 1 Leverage Ratio For Insured Depository Institutions That Are Subsidiaries Of Bank Holding Companies.

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Represents the current amount of the counter cyclical buffer set by the Federal Reserve.

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Ratio of minimum total risk-based capital to risk-weighted assets categorized as well capitalized as defined by regulatory framework for prompt corrective action.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 505
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (c)(1)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=117337116&loc=SL5958568-112826

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Ratio of minimum Tier 1 leverage capital to average assets categorized as well capitalized as defined by regulatory framework for prompt corrective action.

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Ratio of minimum Tier 1 risk-based capital to risk-weighted assets categorized as well capitalized as defined by regulatory framework for prompt corrective action.

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