checking account

Example Sentences

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But the inflation that actually matters to your checking account — healthcare, insurance, property taxes, food and utilities — is running significantly hotter.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

But it has for years been unable to replicate the retail-banking returns of peers with vast nationwide networks that soak up supercheap checking account deposits.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

If you’re in the same boat, do what I wish I’d done: Set up automatic deposits equal to 10% of your pay from your checking account to a Roth IRA, up to the limit.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

It could go into a checking account instead—there’s cash in those, too—but no net money “went into” the market.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

I learned a lot—like when you have a checking account, your money is separate from all the other money in the bank.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman