The BIS capital adequacy ratio of domestic banks as of the end of September this year averaged 11.32%, compared with 10.82% at the end of March and 11.03% at the end of June. Slower growth of risk-weighted assets (6.3% during the first nine months of this year compared with 14.9% a year earlier) as well continuing capital growth (6.2% since the beginning of the year) are said to have contributed to the quarter-to-quarter increases. The domestic banks’ 11.32% average is comparable to the capital ratios of Japanese (8.9%), German (11.2%), U.K. (11.6%), and U.S. (13.0%) banks.

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