Chile’s government led the way in 1967 by creating the Unidad de Fomento (UF), and other Latin American countries have followed suit. Despite the unit’s technical-sounding name, people in Chile seem to have learned to think in terms of the UF instead of the peso for important contracts.
与指数挂钩的帐户单位并非前所未有。1967年智利政府通过建立Unidad de Fomento（UF）而开创先河。其他拉美国家也效仿。尽管这一单位的名称听起来技术性很强，但是智利人民看起来已经学会用UF考虑重要的合同，而不是比索。