Investors are pinning hopes on successor Cyril Ramaphosa proving to be a better steward of the economy.
Japanese industrial production rose by more than expected in December, data on Thursday showed, providing a further boost to the yen, which has been among the strongest major currencies amid recent market turbulence
The Washington-based organisation says the UK also needs to enhance its international competitiveness to offset the shock of Brexit.
The economic revival accelerated last year, as the country continued to recover from the bailout programme that it exited in 2014.
Private sector employers expect average pay settlements of 3.1% this year, against 2.6% in 2017.
Eurozone fourth-quarter growth was revised higher for its second estimate, published on Wednesday, in an across-the-board set of gains for countries within the single-currency bloc
Preliminary data shows the final quarter of 2017 falling short of expectations, but the country still had its best year since 2010.
The German economy expanded further in the fourth quarter of 2017 according to the latest data from the country's official statistics office on Wednesday
The US saw its second-lowest level of major strikes ever in 2017, according to US Bureau of Labor figures.
Publication of UK labour market statistics is to move to Tuesdays so politicians have a change to study the details
The City watchdog has been criticised for “completely” losing control of a report into RBS’s mistreatment of small businesses, with MPs now likely to use special powers to publish it in full next week.
House prices ended last year £12,000 higher on average than they had been 12 months earlier, according to official figures.
UK consumer price inflation held at 3% in January as underlying prices rose more strongly than expected, scuppering forecasts for a drop back towards the Bank of England's 2% target rate and pressuring for a more aggressive interest rate response
The dollar fell across the board on foreign exchanges on Tuesday as investors took profits on gains for the greenback during the recent equity market correction
The US banking group will initially hire up to 60 technologists, in one of the biggest boosts for the UK financial services sector since the EU referendum.
