Notes payable and other borrowings (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Debt principal payments disclosure

Debt principal repayments expected during each of the next five years are as follows (in millions).

	2019		2020		2021		2022		2023
Insurance and other		$    6,760		$  2,811		$  3,261		$  1,616		$  5,371
Railroad, utilities and energy		5,452		2,778		2,260		3,346		4,066
		$  12,212		$  5,589		$  5,521		$  4,962		$  9,437

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 December 31, 2018.

	Weighted Average Interest Rate		December 31,
			2018		2017
Insurance and other:
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (“Berkshire”):
U.S. Dollar denominated borrowings due 2019-2047		3.1%	$	9,065	$	10,603
Euro denominated borrowings due 2020-2035		1.1%		7,806		8,164
Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corporation (“BHFC”) due 2019-2048		3.4%		10,650		12,926
Subsidiary borrowings due 2019-2045		4.0%		5,597		6,884
Short-term subsidiary borrowings		4.3%		1,857		1,832
			$	34,975	$	40,409

Railroad, Utilities and Energy [Member]

Schedule of short and long term outstanding debt disclosure

	Weighted Average Interest Rate			December 31,
				2018		2017
Railroad, utilities and energy:
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company (“BHE”) and subsidiaries:
BHE senior unsecured debt due 2020-2049		4.6	%	$	8,577	$	6,452
Subsidiary and other debt due 2019-2064		4.7	%		28,196		28,739
Short-term debt		3.1	%		2,516		4,488
Burlington Northern Santa Fe and subsidiaries due 2019-2097		4.7	%		23,226		22,499
				$	62,515	$	62,178