Indeed, city planners recently concluded that the city could not tackle neighborhood revitalization without addressing vacancies. Increasing costs for needed city services, reduced revenues, and barriers to growth resulting from deteriorating infrastructure all combined to lend urgency to these efforts. As has been the case in other cities, officials in Oklahoma City realized that gathering data was a necessary first step.
Let us see this as an opportunity to strengthen collaboration and accelerate the shift to a stronger and technologically savvy financial system that will enable a sound, sustainable, and inclusive new economy for all. Thank you very much and Mabuhay! 5/5  BIS central bankers' speeches