Notes payable and other borrowings (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Insurance and Other [Member]

Schedule of short and long term outstanding debt disclosure

Notes payable and other borrowings are summarized below (in millions). The weighted average interest rates and maturity date ranges shown in the following tables are based on borrowings as of March 31, 2014.

	Weighted Average Interest Rate		March 31, 2014		December 31, 2013
Insurance and other:
Issued by Berkshire due 2014-2047		2.7%	$	8,305	$	8,311
Short-term subsidiary borrowings		0.3%		978		949
Other subsidiary borrowings due 2014-2035		6.0%		3,165		3,180
			$	12,448	$	12,440

Railroad, Utilities and Energy [Member]

Schedule of short and long term outstanding debt disclosure

	Weighted Average Interest Rate		March 31, 2014		December 31, 2013
Railroad, utilities and energy:
Issued by Berkshire Hathaway Energy and its subsidiaries:
Berkshire Hathaway Energy senior unsecured debt due 2017-2043		5.7%	$	6,366	$	6,616
Subsidiary and other debt due 2014-2043		5.3%		23,436		23,033
Issued by BNSF due 2014-2097		5.2%		17,949		17,006
			$	47,751	$	46,655

Finance and Financial Products [Member]

Schedule of short and long term outstanding debt disclosure

	Weighted Average Interest Rate		March 31, 2014		December 31, 2013
Finance and financial products:
Issued by Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corporation (“BHFC”) due 2014-2043		3.3%	$	11,177	$	11,178
Issued by other subsidiaries due 2014-2036		4.9%		1,847		1,951
			$	13,024	$	13,129