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FAIR VALUE ELECTIONS
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Fair Value, Option, Aggregate Differences [Abstract]  
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The Company may elect to report most financial instruments and certain other items at fair value on an instrument-by-instrument basis with changes in fair value reported in earnings, other than DVA (see below). The election is made upon the initial recognition of an eligible financial asset, financial liability or firm commitment or when certain specified reconsideration events occur. The fair value election
may not otherwise be revoked once an election is made. The changes in fair value are recorded in current earnings. Movements in DVA are reported as a component of AOCI.
The Company has elected fair value accounting for its mortgage servicing rights (MSRs). See Note 21 for additional details on Citi’s MSRs.
Additional discussion regarding other applicable areas in which fair value elections were made is presented in Note 23.


The following table presents the changes in fair value of those items for which the fair value option has been elected:

Changes in fair value—gains (losses)
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
Six Months Ended June 30,
In millions of dollars2025202420252024
Assets  
Securities borrowed and purchased under agreements to resell$114 $(6)$122 $(59)
Trading account assets19 (5)39 
Loans
Corporate loans914 160 952 1,378 
Consumer loans(3)(2)3 (10)
Total loans$911 $158 $955 $1,368 
Other assets 
MSRs$12 $$(3)$17 
Mortgage loans HFS(1)
15 30 
Total other assets$27 $$27 $22 
Total assets$1,071 $156 $1,143 $1,333 
Liabilities 
Deposits$(50)$(21)$(95)$(63)
Securities loaned and sold under agreements to repurchase(7)(10)12 26 
Trading account liabilities29 (153)(153)(224)
Short-term borrowings(2)
235 (79)(276)(381)
Long-term debt(2)
(4,885)(194)(5,138)(2,122)
Total liabilities$(4,678)$(457)$(5,650)$(2,764)

(1)Includes gains (losses) associated with interest rate lock commitments for originated loans for which the Company has elected the fair value option.
(2)Includes DVA that is included in AOCI. See Notes 19 and 23.
Own Debt Valuation Adjustments (DVA)
Own debt valuation adjustments are recognized on Citi’s liabilities for which the fair value option has been elected using Citi’s credit spreads observed in the bond market. Changes in fair value of fair value option liabilities related to changes in Citigroup’s own credit spreads (DVA) are reflected as a component of AOCI. See Note 19 for additional information.
Among other variables, the fair value of liabilities for which the fair value option has been elected (other than non-recourse debt and similar liabilities) is impacted by the narrowing or widening of the Company’s credit spreads.
The estimated changes in the fair value of these non-derivative liabilities due to such changes in the Company’s own credit spread (or instrument-specific credit risk) were a loss of $(391) million and a gain of $343 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, and a gain of $609 million and a loss of $(407) million for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Changes in fair value resulting from changes in instrument-specific credit risk were estimated by incorporating the Company’s current credit spreads observable in the bond market into the relevant valuation technique used to value each liability as described above.

The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities

Selected Portfolios of Securities Purchased Under Agreements to Resell, Securities Borrowed, Securities Sold Under Agreements to Repurchase, Securities Loaned and Certain Uncollateralized Short-Term Borrowings
The Company elected the fair value option for certain portfolios of fixed income securities purchased under agreements to resell and fixed income securities sold under
agreements to repurchase, securities borrowed, securities loaned and certain uncollateralized short-term borrowings held primarily by broker-dealer entities in the U.S., the U.K. and Japan. In each case, the election was made because the related interest rate risk is managed on a portfolio basis, primarily with offsetting derivative instruments that are accounted for at fair value through earnings.
Changes in fair value for transactions in these portfolios are recorded in Principal transactions. The related interest income and interest expense are measured based on the contractual rates specified in the transactions and are reported as Interest income and Interest expense in the Consolidated Statement of Income.

Loans and Other Credit Products
Citigroup has also elected the fair value option for certain other originated and purchased loans, including certain unfunded loan products, such as guarantees and letters of credit, executed by Citigroup’s lending and trading businesses. Significant groups of transactions include loans and unfunded loan products that are expected to be either sold or securitized in the near term, or transactions where the economic risks are hedged with derivative instruments, such as purchased credit default swaps or total return swaps where the Company pays the total return on the underlying loans to a third party. Citigroup has elected the fair value option to mitigate accounting mismatches in cases where hedge accounting is complex and to achieve operational simplifications. Fair value was not elected for most lending transactions across the Company.


The following table provides information about certain credit products carried at fair value:

 June 30, 2025December 31, 2024
In millions of dollarsTrading assetsLoansTrading assetsLoans
Carrying amount reported on the Consolidated Balance Sheet$5,476 $9,257 $5,025 $8,040 
Aggregate unpaid principal balance in excess of (less than) fair value141 (17)137 (55)
Balance of non-accrual loans or loans more than 90 days past due 1 — 
Aggregate unpaid principal balance in excess of (less than) fair value for non-accrual loans or loans more than 90 days past due  — — 

In addition to the amounts reported above, $360 million and $280 million of unfunded commitments related to certain credit products selected for fair value accounting were outstanding as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.

Changes in the fair value of funded and unfunded credit products are classified in Principal transactions in Citi’s Consolidated Statement of Income. Related interest income is measured based on the contractual interest rates and reported as Interest income on Trading account assets or loan interest depending on the balance sheet classifications of the credit products. The changes in fair value for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 due to instrument-specific credit risk were a loss of $(7) million and $0 million, respectively. Changes in fair value due to instrument-specific credit risk are estimated based on changes in borrower-specific credit spreads and recovery assumptions.

Certain Investments in Unallocated Precious Metals
Citigroup invests in unallocated precious metals accounts (e.g., gold, silver, platinum and palladium) as part of its commodity trading activities. Under ASC 815, the investment is bifurcated into a debt host contract and a commodity derivative instrument. Citigroup elects the fair value option for the debt host contract and reports the contract within Trading account assets on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet.
As part of its commodity trading activities, Citi trades unallocated precious metals investments and executes forward purchase and forward sale derivative contracts with trading counterparties. When Citi sells an unallocated precious metals investment, Citi’s receivable from its depository bank is repaid and Citi derecognizes its investment in the unallocated precious metal. The forward purchase or sale contract with the trading counterparty indexed to unallocated precious metals is accounted for as a derivative, at fair value through earnings.

Certain Mortgage Loans Held-for-Sale (HFS)
Citigroup has elected the fair value option for certain purchased and originated prime fixed-rate and conforming adjustable-rate first mortgage loans HFS. These loans are intended for sale or securitization and are economically hedged with derivative instruments. The Company has elected the fair value option to mitigate accounting mismatches in cases where hedge accounting is complex and to achieve operational simplifications.


The following table provides information about certain mortgage loans HFS carried at fair value:

In millions of dollarsJune 30, 2025December 31, 2024
Carrying amount reported on the Consolidated Balance Sheet$1,020 $692 
Aggregate fair value in excess of (less than) unpaid principal balance(28)
Balance of non-accrual loans or loans more than 90 days past due1 
Aggregate unpaid principal balance in excess of fair value for non-accrual loans
or loans more than 90 days past due
 — 

During the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, certain mortgage loans of approximately $241 million and $0 million, respectively, for which Citi has elected the fair value option (FVO), were reclassified from loans held-for-investment carried at fair value to loans HFS carried at fair value. The changes in the fair values of these mortgage loans are reported in Other revenue in the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Income. There was no net change in fair value during the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 due to instrument-specific credit risk. Changes in fair value due to instrument-specific credit risk are estimated based on changes in the borrower default, prepayment and recovery forecasts in addition to instrument-specific credit spread. Related interest income continues to be measured based on the contractual interest rates and reported as Interest income in the Consolidated Statement of Income.



Certain Debt Liabilities
The Company has elected the fair value option for certain debt liabilities, because these exposures are considered to be trading-related positions and, therefore, are managed on a fair value basis. These positions are classified as Long-term debt or Short-term borrowings on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet.





The following table provides information about the carrying value of notes carried at fair value, disaggregated by type of risk:

In billions of dollarsJune 30, 2025December 31, 2024
Interest rate linked$65.6 $58.0 
Foreign exchange linked 0.1 
Equity linked47.3 41.8 
Commodity linked7.5 6.9 
Credit linked6.9 5.9 
Total$127.3 $112.7 

The portion of the changes in fair value attributable to changes in Citigroup’s own credit spreads (DVA) is reflected as a component of AOCI while all other changes in fair value are reported in Principal transactions. Changes in the fair value of these liabilities include accrued interest, which is also included in the change in fair value reported in Principal transactions.



The following table provides information about long-term debt and short-term borrowings carried at fair value:

In millions of dollarsJune 30, 2025December 31, 2024
Long-term debt
Carrying amount reported on the Consolidated Balance Sheet$127,373 $112,719 
Aggregate unpaid principal balance in excess of (less than) fair value811 (1,943)
Short-term borrowings
Carrying amount reported on the Consolidated Balance Sheet$20,594 $12,484 
Aggregate unpaid principal balance in excess of (less than) fair value(162)(87)