Lan Fo'an, China's finance minister, center, speaks as Zheng Shanjie, chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), left, and Pan Gongsheng, governor of the People's Bank of China (PBOC), listen during a news conference on the sidelines of the National People's...

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves speaks on the second day of the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, north-west England, on September 23, 2024. Paul Ellis | Afp | Getty ImagesLiverpool, ENGLAND — U.K. Finance Minister Rachel Reeves vowed on Monday that...