Cash Instruments - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Transfers of cash instruments from level 1 to level 2	$ 143	$ 95	$ 88	$ 138
Transfers of cash instruments from level 2 to level 1	200	113	203	264
Cash Instruments Assets [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Net gains / (losses) on assets	655	179	861	1,670
Net realized gains / (losses) on assets	194	231	503	821
Net unrealized gains / (losses) on assets relating to instruments still held at the reporting date	461	(52)	358	844
Cash Instruments Assets [Member] \| Market making [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Net gains / (losses) on assets	(65)	(39)	(394)	(10)
Cash Instruments Assets [Member] \| Other Principal Transactions [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Net gains / (losses) on assets	487	(18)	557	1,130
Cash Instruments Assets [Member] \| Interest Expense [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Net gains / (losses) on assets	233	236	698	547
Cash Instruments [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Net unrealized gains / (losses) on assets relating to instruments still held at the reporting date	479	(83)	390	818
Cash Instruments Liabilities [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Net unrealized gains / (losses) relating to instruments still held at the reporting date	$ 18	$ (31)	$ 32	$ (26)

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Amount of unrealized (holding) gain (loss) which is included in the statement of income (or changes in net assets) related to those assets still held at the reporting date for which fair value is measured on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3).

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Amount of gain (loss) recognized in the income statement for financial instrument classified as an asset measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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