Consolidated Statement of Financial Position (unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Millions		Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Assets
Cash and equivalents	[1]	$ 82,276	$ 69,011
Investment securities (Note 3)	[1]	36,868	38,320
Inventories	[1]	59	50
Financing receivables - net (Notes 4 and 13)	[1]	83,748	122,457
Other receivables	[1]	14,039	14,508
Property, plant and equipment, less accumulated amortizations	[1]	34,516	31,519
Goodwill (Note 5)	[1]	11,460	11,456
Other intangible assets - net (Note 5)	[1]	1,177	875
Other Assets	[1]	19,155	23,198
Financing receivables held for sale (Note 2)	[1]	23,665	778
Assets of businesses held for sale (Note 2)	[1]	4,917	3,474
Assets of discontinued operations (Note 2)	[1]	121,940	186,924
Total assets(a)	[1],[2]	433,819	502,570
Liabilities and equity
Short-term borrowings (Note 6)		42,880	67,705
Accounts payable	[1]	2,213	2,411
Non-recourse borrowings of consolidated securitization entities (Note 6)		16,225	19,369
Bank deposits (Note 6)		48,656	43,841
Long-term borrowings (Note 6)		164,183	186,759
Investment contracts, insurance liabilities and insurance annuity benefits	[1]	26,646	28,027
Other liabilities	[1]	11,330	9,549
Deferred Tax Liabilities, Net	[1]	6,458	3,420
Liabilities of businesses held for sale (Note 2)	[1]	260	2,434
Liabilities of discontinued operations (Note 2)	[1]	43,642	48,657
Total liabilities(a)	[1],[2]	362,493	412,172
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value (750,000 shares authorized at both September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 and 50,000 shares issued and outstanding at both September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014)	[1]	0	0
Common stock, $14 par value (4,166,000 shares authorized at September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 and 1,000 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014)	[1]	0	0
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) - net(b)
Investment securities	[1],[3]	580	1,010
Currency translation adjustments	[1],[3]	(1,412)	(838)
Cash flow hedges	[1],[3]	(192)	(172)
Benefit plans	[1],[3]	(569)	(577)
Additional paid-in capital	[1]	33,019	32,999
Retained earnings	[1]	36,740	55,077
Total GECC shareowners' equity	[1]	68,166	87,499
Noncontrolling interests(c) (Note 8)	[1],[4]	3,160	2,899
Total equity	[1]	71,326	90,398
Total liabilities and equity	[1]	$ 433,819	$ 502,570

[1] Amounts may not add due to rounding.

[2] (a) Our consolidated assets at September 30, 2015 included total assets of $ 41,815 million of certain variable interest entities (VIEs) that can only be used to settle the liabilities of those VIEs. These assets included net financing receivables of $ 27,701 million and investment securities of $ 1,412 million with in continuing operations and assets of discontinued operations of $ 11,427 million . Our consolidated liabilities at September 30, 2015 included liabilities of certain VIEs for which the VIE creditors do not have recourse to GECC. These liabilities included non-recourse borrowings of consolidated securitization entities (CSEs) of $ 16,225 million within continuing operations and non-recourse borrowings of CSEs within discontinu ed operations of $ 8,072 million . See N ote 12 .

[3] (b) The sum of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (AOCI) attributable to GECC was $ (1,593) million and $ (577) million at September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 , respectively.

[4] (c) Included AOCI attributable to noncontrolling interests of $ (178) million and $ (154) million at September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 , respectively.