Revenues from Services (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
		Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014
Subsidiary Revenue From Services [Line Items]
Interest on loans		$ 3,010	$ 3,128	$ 8,902	$ 9,194
Revenues from services (Note 9)	[1]	6,290	6,356	17,388	19,134
Net other-than-temporary impairments on investment securities						$ 0
Assets	[1],[2]	433,819		433,819			$ 502,570
Financing Receivable, Net	[1]	83,748		83,748			122,457
Liabilities	[1],[2]	362,493		362,493			412,172
Deposits		48,656		48,656			43,841
Revenues	[1]	6,312	6,384	17,452	19,223
Significant associated companies [Member]
Subsidiary Revenue From Services [Line Items]
Assets		54,302		54,302			78,632
Financing Receivable, Net		25,334		25,334			46,481
Liabilities		37,402		37,402			$ 57,273
Revenues		2,990	3,612	9,469	14,162
Net earnings		$ 328	$ 784	$ 1,030	$ 2,281

[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 .