U.S. banking regulators are said to have agreed to ease bank capital requirements

US bank regulators have agreed to relax a series of capital requirements that banks say limit their ability to hold more Treasuries, according to people familiar with the matter. Officials from the Federal Reserve and other key agencies recently submitted a final plan for the White House to review on the so-called enhanced supplementary leverage ratio. The relaxed requirements mean that large banks will need to hold a smaller capital base as a percentage of their total assets, largely in line with proposals released in June. Officials plan to formally adopt the measure in the next few weeks, subject to White House approval. The rules are part of a broader set of requirements in the Basel III reforms.