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Abstract
This paper aims to explore a phenomenon that has been noticed in the foreign exchange market. Using intraday data from Bloomberg's BFIX index, we are able to show that currencies are weaker during their domestic trading hours compared to their values during foreign trading hours. We find that this trend extends across almost all G10 currencies which is consistent with the existing literature. However, we also find that when controlling for key economic variables, the impact of business hours may actually have the reverse effect as anticipated.