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Foreign Exchange Transactions, net (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Foreign Exchange Transactions, net |
Schedule of foreign exchange transactions, net |
|  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2018
|  | MCh$ |  | MCh$ |  | MCh$
Gain (loss) from accounting hedges |  | (90,370) |  | (64,135) |  | 118,690
Translation difference, net |  | (6,074) |  | (7,221) |  | 9,609
Indexed foreign currency |  | 108,849 |  | 176,231 |  | (125,598)
Total |  | 12,405 |  | 104,875 |  | 2,701

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