I don't know where the gold has been coming from, but I have seen gold go to trade balance prior to this. (Didn't know it was a bug.)
...I don't know that it was either
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Timothy Collett
"The only thing you can't trade for your heart's desire...is your heart." "You are what you do. Choose again, and change." "One of these days, someone's gonna plug you, and you're going to die saying, 'What did I say? What did I say?'" ~ Miles Naismith Vorkosigan