Bank of America Corporation Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

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Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
Accounting Policies
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Long-term Debt - Narrative (Details)

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Long-term Debt - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt	$ 216,823	$ 236,764
Repayments of long-term debt, net of adjustments	51,600
Repayments of long-term debt	51,849	40,365	$ 53,749
Consolidated VIEs
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt	10,646	14,073
Bank of America Corporation
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt	173,375	179,402
Repayments of long-term debt, net of adjustments	30,600	25,300
Repayments of long-term debt	30,804	27,393	$ 33,854
Bank of America, N.A.
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt	26,751	37,554
Repayments of long-term debt	11,600	6,600
Subsidiaries
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt	16,697	19,808
Repayments of long-term debt	9,400	$ 8,500
Financial Guarantee
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt outstanding, unconditionally guaranteed	$ 75
Long Term Debt, Excluding Senior Structured Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, weighted average interest rate	3.80%	3.80%
Fixed Rate Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, weighted average interest rate	4.36%	4.61%
Floating Rate Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt, weighted average interest rate	1.52%	0.96%
Credit Card Receivable \| Consolidated VIEs
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt	$ 9,000
Home equity lines of credit \| Consolidated VIEs
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt	108
Other Asset-backed Securitizations
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt	395	$ 3,025
Other Asset-backed Securitizations \| Consolidated VIEs
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt	1,500
Foreign Currency - Dominated Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt	$ 44,700	$ 46,400

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