Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City releases Bank Capital Analysis showing U.S. G SIB tier 1 leverage ratio at 6.81 percent and SLR at 5.70 percent

The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City has released the Fourth Quarter 2025 results of its semiannual Bank Capital Analysis, a data-based measure of capital strength across the banking industry. The update shows that leverage ratios for U.S. global systemically important banks declined year over year and remained below those of other U.S. bank groups. As of December 31, 2025, the weighted average tier 1 leverage ratio for U.S. G-SIBs had fallen 30 basis points from a year earlier to 6.81 percent, after trending upward through year-end 2023. That remained below the comparable leverage capital ratios for large banks at 9.83 percent, regional banks at 10.17 percent, and community banks at 10.89 percent. The weighted average supplementary leverage ratio for G-SIBs, also referred to as the Basel III leverage ratio, also declined, falling 27 basis points year over year to 5.70 percent. The Bank Capital Analysis presents leverage ratios for individual U.S. G-SIBs, non-U.S. G-SIBs, and U.S. large, regional, and community banking organizations.