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Notes payable and other borrowings (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2025
Schedule of short and long term outstanding debt disclosure | Notes payable and other borrowings of our insurance and other businesses are summarized below (dollars in millions). The weighted average interest rates and maturity date ranges are based on borrowings as of March 31, 2025.
|  | Weighted Average Interest Rate |  |  | March 31, 2025 |  |  | December 31, 2024 |
Insurance and other: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (“Berkshire”): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. Dollar denominated due 2026-2047 |  |  | 3.5 | % |  | $ | 3,546 |  |  | $ | 3,749 |
Euro denominated due 2027-2041 |  |  | 1.4 | % |  |  | 3,864 |  |  |  | 4,733 |
Japanese Yen denominated due 2025-2060 |  |  | 1.0 | % |  |  | 13,221 |  |  |  | 12,609 |
Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corporation (“BHFC”): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. Dollar denominated due 2027-2052 |  |  | 3.6 | % |  |  | 14,470 |  |  |  | 14,469 |
Great Britain Pound denominated due 2039-2059 |  |  | 2.5 | % |  |  | 2,226 |  |  |  | 2,156 |
Euro denominated due 2030-2034 |  |  | 1.8 | % |  |  | 1,347 |  |  |  | 1,290 |
Other subsidiary borrowings due 2025-2051 |  |  | 4.4 | % |  |  | 4,551 |  |  |  | 4,564 |
Short-term subsidiary borrowings |  |  | 6.3 | % |  |  | 1,236 |  |  |  | 1,315 |
|  |  |  |  | $ | 44,461 |  |  | $ | 44,885 |
Railroad, Utilities and Energy [Member] |
Schedule of short and long term outstanding debt disclosure | Notes payable and other borrowings of our railroad, utilities and energy businesses are summarized below (dollars in millions). The weighted average interest rates and maturity date ranges are based on borrowings as of March 31, 2025.
|  | Weighted Average Interest Rate |  |  | March 31, 2025 |  |  | December 31, 2024 |
Railroad, utilities and energy: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company (“BHE”) and subsidiaries: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
BHE senior unsecured debt due 2025-2053 |  |  | 4.4 | % |  | $ | 12,708 |  |  | $ | 13,107 |
Subsidiary and other debt due 2025-2064 |  |  | 4.7 | % |  |  | 44,579 |  |  |  | 42,150 |
Short-term borrowings |  |  | 5.2 | % |  |  | 685 |  |  |  | 1,123 |
Burlington Northern Santa Fe (“BNSF”) and subsidiaries due 2025-2097 |  |  | 4.7 | % |  |  | 23,494 |  |  |  | 23,497 |
|  |  |  |  | $ | 81,466 |  |  | $ | 79,877 |

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