The Week That Was: Fedspeak, Weak Rupee, Truant Weather Rock Nation

Its been a week of high drama. A natural catastrophe led to the death of thousands in Uttarkhand , while a bloodbath was seen in the Indian and US markets on the back of Fed chairman Ben Bernanke tapering quantitative easing. Adding to investor woes, the rupee was hammered as FIIs withdrew from the debt market. And in politics, the Cabinet was again reshuffled.
Here's a lowdown of the micro, macro and everything else that made headlines this week.
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