US banking regulators have reportedly reached an agreement to ease bank capital requirements

Jinse Finance reported, citing informed sources, that U.S. banking regulators have reached an agreement to ease a series of capital requirements that banks say have limited their ability to hold more U.S. Treasury bonds. Officials from the Federal Reserve and other key agencies recently submitted a final plan regarding the so-called Enhanced Supplementary Leverage Ratio to the White House for review. These relaxed requirements mean that the proportion of capital that large banks need to hold relative to their total assets will be reduced, basically in line with the proposal released in June. Officials plan to formally adopt this measure in the coming weeks, provided it receives White House approval. This rule is part of a broader set of requirements under the Basel III reforms.