March called by CGTP, the country's main trades union confederation, comes a day after a national strike by civil servants in support of higher wages.
Thousands of public and private sector workers have been striking for months as wage increases fail to keep pace with UK inflation, which remains above 10 percent.
At 59 percent, egg prices have seen the largest annual percentage increase among all grocery items in the US in December 2022.
UK set to see the "biggest day of strike action since 2011", with up to 500,000 workers planning to participate, says a trade union.
Thousands of nurses on Wednesday are walking out on a planned 48-hour strike across England that affects a quarter of hospitals and clinics in the country.
Financial experts at the summit in Switzerland also say high inflation will slap Europe with 57 percent.
Gold prices also have beaten higher before US inflation data that could affect Fed's policy.
Surging energy and food prices due to Russia's conflict with Ukraine saw full-year inflation reach a peak not seen since the 7.6 percent inflation recorded in 1951.
Average domestic energy bill in Britain roughly doubled over the last 12 months as household electricity and gas bills have rocketed across Europe after key energy producer Russia attacked Ukraine in February.
Global markets reacted positively to comments by Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell who said it "makes sense to moderate the pace of our rate increases as we approach the level of restraint that will be sufficient to bring inflation down".
US retailers unveiled a trove of fresh promotions on Friday, as they try to coax sales from reticent shoppers whose holiday cheer has been tempered by inflation and worries over a softening economy.
The Turkish Central Bank trimmed its policy rate by 150 basis points from 10.5 to 9 percent following its Monetary Policy Committee meeting.
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