HIGHLIGHTS-Investor Soros speaks at Reuters Newsmaker event

NEW YORK, Sept 15 | Wed Sep 15, 2010 1:56pm BST

NEW YORK, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Billionaire financier George Soros is speaking at a Reuters Newsmaker event on Wednesday.

Below are some quotes from Soros:

JAPAN'S INTERVENTION TO BRING DOWN VALUE OF YEN

"Certainly, they are hurting because the currency is too strong so I think they are right to intervene. They had a real estate boom and then a crash in banking ... It's 20 years now, and they are still just struggling along."

U.S. ECONOMIC OUTLOOK:

"If I had to sum it up in one word, I would say: 'blah.' It may slip into double-dip (recession) or it may not, but it is going to slow down. There is no question in my mind because the stimulus is running out, and there is great resistance to any further stimulus."

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