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Goldman Sachs Group Inc – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/17 – ‘XML’

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11/03/17  Goldman Sachs Group Inc           10-Q        9/30/17  192:24M                                    Donnelley … Solutions/FA

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

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                Income (Unaudited)                                               
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                Condition (Unaudited)                                            
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                Condition (Unaudited) (Parenthetical)                            
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                Shareholders' Equity (Unaudited)                                 
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23: R12         Financial Instruments Owned and Financial           HTML    112K 
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61: R50         Other Liabilities and Accrued Expenses (Tables)     HTML     65K 
62: R51         Commitments, Contingencies and Guarantees (Tables)  HTML    117K 
63: R52         Shareholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML    165K 
64: R53         Regulation and Capital Adequacy (Tables)            HTML    239K 
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66: R55         Transactions with Affiliated Funds (Tables)         HTML     69K 
67: R56         Interest Income and Interest Expense (Tables)       HTML     79K 
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                Instruments Sold, But Not Yet Purchased -                        
                Financial Instruments Owned and Financial                        
                Instruments Sold, But Not Yet Purchased (Detail)                 
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                Instruments Sold, But Not Yet Purchased -                        
                Financial Instruments Owned and Financial                        
                Instruments Sold, But Not Yet Purchased                          
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76: R65         Fair Value Measurements - Financial Assets          HTML     84K 
                Liabilities Summary (Detail)                                     
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                Assets (Detail)                                                  
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                (Detail)                                                         
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                Measurement Inputs, Disclosure (Detail)                          
82: R71         Cash Instruments - Additional Information (Detail)  HTML     78K 
83: R72         Cash Instruments - Cash Instruments, Level 3        HTML    134K 
                Rollforward (Detail)                                             
84: R73         Cash Instruments - Securities Accounted for As      HTML     69K 
                Available-for-Sale Included in Cash Instruments                  
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91: R80         Derivatives and Hedging Activities - OTC            HTML    126K 
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92: R81         Derivatives and Hedging Activities - Credit         HTML    121K 
                Derivatives (Detail)                                             
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                Embedded Derivatives (Detail)                                    
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97: R86         Fair Value Option - Financial Assets and Financial  HTML     96K 
                Liabilities by Level (Detail)                                    
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                Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities at Fair               
                Value (Detail)                                                   
101: R90         Fair Value Option - Loans and Lending Commitments   HTML     63K  
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                Financial Liabilities (Detail)                                   
103: R92         Loans Receivable - Summary of Loans Receivable      HTML     78K  
                (Detail)                                                         
104: R93         Loans Receivable - Additional Information (Detail)  HTML     80K  
105: R94         Loans Receivable - Summary of Purchased Credit      HTML     87K  
                Impaired (PCI) Loans (Detail)                                    
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                Credit Rating Equivalent (Detail)                                
107: R96         Loans Receivable - Summary of Loans Receivable -    HTML     71K  
                Regulatory Risk Rating (Detail)                                  
108: R97         Loans Receivable - Summary of Changes in Allowance  HTML     76K  
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                Lending Commitments (Detail)                                     
109: R98         Loans Receivable - Summary of Changes in Allowance  HTML     64K  
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110: R99         Collateralized Agreements and Financings - Resale   HTML     72K  
                and Repurchase Agreements and Securities Borrowed                
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111: R100        Collateralized Agreements and Financings - Resale   HTML     61K  
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112: R101        Collateralized Agreements and Financings -          HTML    128K  
                Offsetting Arrangements (Detail)                                 
113: R102        Collateralized Agreements and Financings -          HTML     83K  
                Schedule of Gross Carrying Value of Repurchase                   
                Agreements and Securities Loaned (Detail)                        
114: R103        Collateralized Agreements and Financings -          HTML     75K  
                Schedule of Repurchase Agreements and Securities                 
                Loaned (Detail)                                                  
115: R104        Collateralized Agreements and Financings - Other    HTML     83K  
                Secured Financings (Detail)                                      
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                Secured Financings (Parenthetical) (Detail)                      
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                Financial Instruments Received as Collateral and                 
                Repledged (Detail)                                               
119: R108        Collateralized Agreements and Financings -          HTML     61K  
                Financial Instruments Received as Collateral and                 
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120: R109        Collateralized Agreements and Financings -          HTML     64K  
                Financial Instruments Owned and Other Assets                     
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                Assets Securitized and Cash Flows Received on                    
                Retained Interests (Detail)                                      
122: R111        Securitization Activities - Firms Continuing        HTML     75K  
                Involvement in Securitization Entities to Which                  
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123: R112        Securitization Activities - Firms Continuing        HTML     58K  
                Involvement in Securitization Entities to Which                  
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124: R113        Securitization Activities - Additional Information  HTML     65K  
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125: R114        Securitization Activities - Weighted Average Key    HTML     80K  
                Economic Assumptions Used in Measuring Fair Value                
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                (Detail)                                                         
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                Variable Interest Entities) - Additional                         
                Information (Detail)                                             
127: R116        Variable Interest Entities (Consolidated Variable   HTML     65K  
                Interest Entities) - Additional Information                      
                (Detail)                                                         
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                Variable Interest Entities (Detail)                              
129: R118        Variable Interest Entities - Nonconsolidated        HTML     66K  
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                (Detail)                                                         
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                Interest Entities (Detail)                                       
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                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
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                Existing Identifiable Intangible Assets Through                  
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                Deposits (Detail)                                                
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                Borrowings (Detail)                                              
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                Borrowings (Detail)                                              
148: R137        Long-Term Borrowings - Unsecured Long-Term          HTML     70K  
                Borrowings (Parenthetical) (Detail)                              
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                Borrowings by Maturity Date (Detail)                             
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                Borrowings by Maturity Date (Parenthetical)                      
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                Borrowings after Hedging (Detail)                                
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                Borrowings after Hedging (Parenthetical) (Detail)                
153: R142        Long-Term Borrowings - Additional Information       HTML    110K  
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                Borrowings (Detail)                                              
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                Liabilities (Detail)                                             
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                Commitments (Detail)                                             
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                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
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                Guarantees (Detail)                                              
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                Stock Repurchased by the Firm (Detail)                           
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                Preferred Stock Issued and Outstanding (Detail)                  
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                Preferred Stock Issued and Outstanding                           
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                Dividends Declared on Preferred Stock Issued                     
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                Ratios (Detail)                                                  
167: R156        Regulation and Capital Adequacy - Additional        HTML    101K  
                Information (Detail)                                             
168: R157        Regulation and Capital Adequacy - Consolidated      HTML    107K  
                Regulatory Capital Ratios (Detail)                               
169: R158        Regulation and Capital Adequacy - Consolidated      HTML     69K  
                Regulatory Capital Ratios (Parenthetical) (Detail)               
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                Rollforward (Detail)                                             
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                Assets (Detail)                                                  
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