Proper - Markets

• Retail markets encompass various physical shopping locations, including city CBDs, suburban malls, local shopping centres, shopping strips, country towns, and online platforms
• Labour Markets :

  • Refers to the supply and demand for labour (employment) where it is based on the employees who provide the supply and employers who provide the demand. Two important parts of the market include unemployment rates and labour productivity rates. 
  • The unemployment rate indicates the number of people looking for work compared to the participation rate which highlights the labour force as a percentage of the total population.
• • The financial market refers to the marketplace (location) where buyers and sellers exchange financial assets, such as stocks, bonds and currencies. It is where investors, companies and governments also increase capital and manage risks. 
• • The stock market refers to where investors buy and sell shares of other companies, which are ownership claims of their business. These exchanges are usually administered electronically between buyers and sellers who are within distance from each other.