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Securities

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Securities
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]  
Securities Securities
The table below presents the amortized cost, gross unrealized gains and losses, and fair value of available-for-sale (AFS) debt securities, other debt securities carried at fair value and held-to-maturity (HTM) debt securities at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020.
Debt Securities
Amortized
Cost
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
Fair
Value
(Dollars in millions) March 31, 2021
Available-for-sale debt securities
Mortgage-backed securities:
Agency $ 52,395  $ 2,169  $ (30) $ 54,534 
Agency-collateralized mortgage obligations 4,618  132  (17) 4,733 
Commercial 16,013  840  (53) 16,800 
Non-agency residential (1)
871  30  (43) 858 
Total mortgage-backed securities 73,897  3,171  (143) 76,925 
U.S. Treasury and agency securities 158,352  2,161  (492) 160,021 
Non-U.S. securities 14,767  7  (6) 14,768 
Other taxable securities, substantially all asset-backed securities 2,519  43  (4) 2,558 
Total taxable securities 249,535  5,382  (645) 254,272 
Tax-exempt securities 16,023  328  (10) 16,341 
Total available-for-sale debt securities 265,558  5,710  (655) 270,613 
Other debt securities carried at fair value (2)
10,322  143  (166) 10,299 
Total debt securities carried at fair value 275,880  5,853  (821) 280,912 
Held-to-maturity debt securities, substantially all U.S. agency mortgage-backed securities 576,031  6,895  (13,668) 569,258 
Total debt securities (3,4)
$ 851,911  $ 12,748  $ (14,489) $ 850,170 
December 31, 2020
Available-for-sale debt securities
Mortgage-backed securities:
Agency $ 59,518  $ 2,370  $ (39) $ 61,849 
Agency-collateralized mortgage obligations 5,112  161  (13) 5,260 
Commercial 15,470  1,025  (4) 16,491 
Non-agency residential (1)
899  127  (17) 1,009 
Total mortgage-backed securities 80,999  3,683  (73) 84,609 
U.S. Treasury and agency securities 114,157  2,236  (13) 116,380 
Non-U.S. securities 14,009  15  (7) 14,017 
Other taxable securities, substantially all asset-backed securities 2,656  61  (6) 2,711 
Total taxable securities 211,821  5,995  (99) 217,717 
Tax-exempt securities 16,417  389  (32) 16,774 
Total available-for-sale debt securities 228,238  6,384  (131) 234,491 
Other debt securities carried at fair value (2)
11,720  429  (39) 12,110 
Total debt securities carried at fair value 239,958  6,813  (170) 246,601 
Held-to-maturity debt securities, substantially all U.S. agency mortgage-backed securities 438,279  10,095  (194) 448,180 
Total debt securities (3, 4)
$ 678,237  $ 16,908  $ (364) $ 694,781 
(1)At March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the underlying collateral type included approximately 37 percent prime as of both dates, one percent and two percent Alt-A and 62 percent and 61 percent subprime.
(2)Primarily includes non-U.S. securities used to satisfy certain international regulatory requirements. Any changes in value are reported in market making and similar activities. For detail on the components, see Note 14 – Fair Value Measurements.
(3)Includes securities pledged as collateral of $78.0 billion and $65.5 billion at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020.
(4)The Corporation held debt securities from Fannie Mae (FNMA) and Freddie Mac (FHLMC) that each exceeded 10 percent of shareholders’ equity, with an amortized cost of $312.6 billion and $164.2 billion, and a fair value of $312.1 billion and $162.1 billion at March 31, 2021, and an amortized cost of $260.1 billion and $118.1 billion, and a fair value of $267.5 billion and $120.7 billion at December 31, 2020.

At March 31, 2021, the accumulated net unrealized gain on AFS debt securities, excluding the amount related to debt securities previously transferred to held to maturity, included in accumulated OCI was $3.8 billion, net of the related income tax expense of $1.3 billion. The Corporation had nonperforming AFS debt securities of $20 million at both March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020.
At March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Corporation had $236.1 billion and $200.0 billion in AFS debt securities, which were primarily U.S. agency and U.S. Treasury securities that have a zero credit loss assumption. For the remaining $34.5 billion in AFS debt securities at both March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the amount of expected credit
losses was insignificant. Substantially all of the Corporation's HTM debt securities are U.S. agency MBS and have a zero credit loss assumption.
At March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Corporation held equity securities at an aggregate fair value of $758 million and $769 million and other equity securities, as valued under the measurement alternative, at a carrying value of $255 million and $240 million, both of which are included in other assets. At both March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Corporation also held money market investments at a fair value of $1.6 billion, which are included in time deposits placed and other short-term investments.
During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Corporation recorded gross realized gains on the sales of AFS debt securities of $15 million and gross realized losses of $15 million. For the same period in 2020, the Corporation recorded gross realized gains of $316 million and gross realized losses of $1 million, resulting in a net gain of $315 million, with $79 million of income taxes attributable to the realized net gains on sales of these AFS debt securities.
The table below presents the fair value and the associated gross unrealized losses on AFS debt securities and whether these securities have had gross unrealized losses for less than 12 months or for 12 months or longer at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020.
Total AFS Debt Securities in a Continuous Unrealized Loss Position
Less than Twelve Months Twelve Months or Longer Total
Fair
Value
Gross Unrealized Losses Fair
Value
Gross Unrealized Losses Fair
Value
Gross Unrealized Losses
(Dollars in millions) March 31, 2021
Continuously unrealized loss-positioned AFS debt securities
Mortgage-backed securities:      
Agency $ 2,111  $ (30) $   $   $ 2,111  $ (30)
Agency-collateralized mortgage obligations 1,864  (10) 316  (7) 2,180  (17)
Commercial 1,177  (53) 2    1,179  (53)
Non-agency residential 540  (28) 175  (15) 715  (43)
Total mortgage-backed securities 5,692  (121) 493  (22) 6,185  (143)
U.S. Treasury and agency securities 39,989  (488) 689  (4) 40,678  (492)
Non-U.S. securities 66  (1) 625  (5) 691  (6)
Other taxable securities, substantially all asset-backed securities 253  (2) 203  (2) 456  (4)
Total taxable securities 46,000  (612) 2,010  (33) 48,010  (645)
Tax-exempt securities     208  (10) 208  (10)
Total AFS debt securities in a continuous
   unrealized loss position
$ 46,000  $ (612) $ 2,218  $ (43) $ 48,218  $ (655)
December 31, 2020
Continuously unrealized loss-positioned AFS debt securities
Mortgage-backed securities:
Agency $ 2,841  $ (39) $ $ —  $ 2,843  $ (39)
Agency-collateralized mortgage obligations 187  (2) 364  (11) 551  (13)
Commercial 566  (4) —  575  (4)
Non-agency residential 342  (9) 56  (8) 398  (17)
Total mortgage-backed securities 3,936  (54) 431  (19) 4,367  (73)
U.S. Treasury and agency securities 8,282  (9) 498  (4) 8,780  (13)
Non-U.S. securities 1,861  (6) 135  (1) 1,996  (7)
Other taxable securities, substantially all asset-backed securities 576  (2) 396  (4) 972  (6)
Total taxable securities 14,655  (71) 1,460  (28) 16,115  (99)
Tax-exempt securities 4,108  (29) 617  (3) 4,725  (32)
Total AFS debt securities in a continuous
   unrealized loss position
$ 18,763  $ (100) $ 2,077  $ (31) $ 20,840  $ (131)
The remaining contractual maturity distribution and yields of the Corporation’s debt securities carried at fair value and HTM debt securities at March 31, 2021 are summarized in the table below. Actual duration and yields may differ as prepayments on the loans underlying the MBS or other asset backed securities (ABS) are passed through to the Corporation.
Maturities of Debt Securities Carried at Fair Value and Held-to-maturity Debt Securities
Due in One
Year or Less
Due after One Year
through Five Years
Due after Five Years
through Ten Years
Due after
Ten Years
Total
(Dollars in millions) Amount
Yield (1)
Amount
Yield (1)
Amount
Yield (1)
Amount
Yield (1)
Amount
Yield (1)
Amortized cost of debt securities carried at fair value                    
Mortgage-backed securities:                    
Agency $ —  —  % $ 5.14  % $ 54  4.46  % $ 52,335  3.36  % $ 52,395  3.36  %
Agency-collateralized mortgage obligations —  —  —  —  23  2.48  4,595  2.93  4,618  2.93 
Commercial 26  3.12  7,859  2.51  6,984  2.18  1,157  2.53  16,026  2.37 
Non-agency residential —  —  —  —  —  —  1,573  6.55  1,573  6.55 
Total mortgage-backed securities 26  3.12  7,865  2.51  7,061  2.20  59,660  3.39  74,612  3.18 
U.S. Treasury and agency securities 6,886  1.19  28,191  1.88  123,796  0.79  32  2.54  158,905  1.00 
Non-U.S. securities 22,288  0.34  1,365  1.51  3.56  167  5.29  23,821  0.44 
Other taxable securities, substantially all asset-backed securities
990  1.19  903  2.98  370  2.20  256  1.66  2,519  2.03 
Total taxable securities 30,190  0.56  38,324  2.03  131,228  0.87  60,115  3.39  259,857  1.60 
Tax-exempt securities 1,302  0.92  8,131  1.28  4,038  1.73  2,552  1.32  16,023  1.37 
Total amortized cost of debt securities carried at fair value
$ 31,492  0.57  $ 46,455  1.89  $ 135,266  0.90  $ 62,667  3.31  $ 275,880  1.57 
Amortized cost of HTM debt securities (2)
$ 49  2.02  $ 625  2.42  $ 61,566  1.27  $ 513,791  2.23  $ 576,031  2.13 
Debt securities carried at fair value                    
Mortgage-backed securities:                    
Agency $ —    $   $ 58    $ 54,470    $ 54,534   
Agency-collateralized mortgage obligations —    —    24    4,709    4,733   
Commercial 27    8,294    7,300    1,192    16,813   
Non-agency residential —    —      1,605    1,611   
Total mortgage-backed securities 27  8,300  7,388  61,976  77,691 
U.S. Treasury and agency securities 6,918  29,464  124,159  33  160,574 
Non-U.S. securities 22,209    1,373      162    23,745   
Other taxable securities, substantially all asset-backed securities
992    937    375    257    2,561   
Total taxable securities 30,146    40,074    131,923    62,428    264,571   
Tax-exempt securities 1,306    8,252    4,191    2,592    16,341   
Total debt securities carried at fair value $ 31,452    $ 48,326    $ 136,114    $ 65,020    $ 280,912   
Fair value of HTM debt securities (2)
$ 49  $ 656  $ 58,043  $ 510,510  $ 569,258 
(1)The weighted-average yield is computed based on a constant effective interest rate over the contractual life of each security. The average yield considers the contractual coupon and the amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts, excluding the effect of related hedging derivatives.
(2)Substantially all U.S. agency MBS.