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