From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point.

The uncertain economy and the presidential campaign.

Hello again, I'm Warren Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

This year's presidential campaign is supposedly about the economy, but economic indicators make political predictions more confusing than ever.

Consumer confidence is on the rise, for example, but consumer spending is on the decline.

Does that favor Obama or Romney, or is it a draw? Is economic uncertainty one reason that neither candidate has been very specific about plans for economic improvement?

Today we'll compare what they have said and how they stand in the latest polls, whatever the numbers show, how long will they last?

On reporter's notebook later on Abbas and Netanyahu at the UN General Assembly.

First, here's the news.

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Program Fund. And I'll leave back with To the Point. Conflicting economic indicators make it hard to predict a presidential election that's focused on the economy. And the candidates are the candidates increasing confusion by failing to lay out specific proposals. We'll find out about that today. On reporter's notebook, Israel and the Palestinians address the UN General Assembly with different takes on different subjects.

First, this news update.

National Football League fans and players can breathe a sigh of relief.

The team owners have reached a tentative settlement with their regular referees

in the aftermath of Monday's bad call by substitutes that gave Seattle an unearned last-minute

win over Green Bay.

Here's NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.

Anytime you're transitioning from one benefit pension program to another, it's difficult.

It's difficult for the people that are being impacted by that, in this case the officials.

And you have to understand that. And I think that's why we came

up with a compromise that makes sense. We would do it over a five-year period. Matt Money Smith is

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