Notes payable and other borrowings (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Insurance and Other [Member]

Schedule of short and long term outstanding debt disclosure

Notes payable and other borrowings are summarized below (dollars in millions). The weighted average interest rates and maturity date ranges shown in the following tables are based on borrowings as of September 30, 2018.

	Weighted Average Interest Rate			September 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Insurance and other:
Issued by Berkshire:
U.S. Dollar denominated borrowings due 2018-2047		3.1	%	$	9,058	$	10,603
Euro denominated borrowings due 2020-2035		1.1	%		7,897		8,164
Short-term subsidiary borrowings		4.1	%		1,733		1,832
Other subsidiary borrowings due 2018-2045		4.0	%		5,583		6,725
				$	24,271	$	27,324

Finance and Financial Products [Member]

Schedule of short and long term outstanding debt disclosure

	Weighted Average  Interest Rate		September 30,  2018			December 31,  2017
Finance and financial products:
Issued by Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corporation (“BHFC”) due 2019-2048		3.3%		$	10,649		$	12,926
Issued by other subsidiaries due 2018-2028		3.6%			121			159
				$	10,770		$	13,085

Railroad, Utilities and Energy [Member]

Schedule of short and long term outstanding debt disclosure

	Weighted Average  Interest Rate		September 30,  2018		December 31,  2017
Railroad, utilities and energy:
Issued by Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company (“BHE”) and its subsidiaries:
BHE senior unsecured debt due 2018-2049		4.5%	$	8,970	$	6,452
Subsidiary and other debt due 2019-2064		4.7%		28,588		28,739
Short-term debt		3.0%		1,784		4,488
Issued by BNSF due 2018-2097		4.7%		23,257		22,499
			$	62,599	$	62,178