"Imbalance-USD"

[Derek Atkins]

You didn't balance the transaction, so the system balanced it for you.
Go read the docs about "Double Entry Accounting".  You failed to
provide the balancing account, so gnucash chose one for you.

-derek

Quoting JUNIPER <snijuniper at comcast.net>:

>    My full Visa credit card balance is automatically taken by Chase
> bank from my checking account every month, so far with no problem. The
> latest amount ($2723.99) was taken and recorded as usual, but another
> entry in the exact same amount appeared just above it, on the same day,
> in the "Transfer" column, entitled "Imbalance-USD".
>    Any idea why that transaction might have suddenly appeared (plenty
> of money in account)? I presume I can just delete it but it is peculiar
> because it never happened before and no changes have been made by me.
>    Thanks!
>    Steve J.
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