Japan isn't the only place where the stock market is booming right now. Markets in the U.S. and even Europe are up as well.

When it comes to economic growth, is the U.S. more like China or like Europe?

As President Obama and Mitt Romney practice their talking points and zingers on the American economy, Freakonomics reveals why we may never get big-time economic growth back.

Reviewing the week's headlines on Wall Street and beyond. This week: between 47 percent of Americans and Romney's tax returns, are we still talking about the economy?

Commentator Robert Reich says increased tax revenue greases the wheels of economic growth

Yesterday, Marketplace's Kai Ryssdal sat down with President Obama to speak about health care, energy, and the economy at large. Kai asked the president to make the case for why his economic policies have been good for America.

Markets reacted badly to China cutting its growth estimate to 7.5% but changes could allow Chinese consumers to buy more of their own products.

In China today, the government lowered the country's growth forecast for the year to 7.5 percent. That's the first target under 8 percent since 2005.

Premier Wen Jiabao of China announced that growth would be only 7.5 percent, a number that falls below what is considered a critical growth rate for keeping the Chinese population happy.

The price of agricultural commodities has spiked since last summer, according to a report from the U.S. Agriculture Department. Increasing demand…