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Financial Assets Available-for-sale (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Financial Assets Available-for-sale |
Schedule of financial assets available-for-sale |
|  | 2016 |  | 2017 |
|  | MCh$ |  | MCh$ |
Instruments issued by the Chilean Government and Central Bank: |  |  |  |  |
Bonds issued by the Chilean Government and Central Bank |  | 20,944 |  | 204,128 |
Promissory notes issued by the Chilean Government and Central Bank |  | — |  | 3,346 |
Other instruments |  | 38,256 |  | 148,894 |
Other instruments issued in Chile: |  |  |  |  |
Equity instruments valued at cost |  | — |  | — |
Equity instruments valued at fair value |  | 5,258 |  | 9,218 |
Mortgage bonds from domestic banks |  | 108,933 |  | 99,572 |
Bonds from domestic banks |  | 7,973 |  | 5,415 |
Deposits from domestic banks |  | 24,032 |  | 956,733 |
Bonds from other Chilean companies |  | 29,525 |  | 14,969 |
Promissory notes issued by other Chilean companies |  | — |  | — |
Other instruments |  | 138,322 |  | 83,006 |
Instruments issued by foreign institutions: |  |  |  |  |
Equity instruments valued at cost |  | 54 |  | 50 |
Equity instruments valued at fair value |  | 1,173 |  | 984 |
Total |  | 374,470 |  | 1,526,315 |
Schedule of unrealised gain and loss on available for sale investments |
|  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |
|  | MCh$ |  | MCh$ |  | MCh$ |
Net gain (loss) on available for sale before income tax (1) |  | 7,243 |  | (52,345 | ) | 4,775 |
Tax (expense) benefit (2) |  | (2,357 | ) | 12,575 |  | (1,299 | )
Net of tax amount (3) |  | 4,886 |  | (39,770 | ) | 3,476 |
| (1) |  | As of December 31, 2015, 2016 and 2017, realized gains reclassified to the income statement line item “Net financial operating income” amounted to Ch$8,407 million, Ch$64,011 million and Ch$5,149 million, respectively.
| (2) |  | This amount corresponds to the deferred taxes of the unrealized gain or loss and which are included in Note No. 17(d).
| (3) |  | This amount corresponds to the unrealized gain or loss, net of deferred tax and which are included in “Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity”.

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