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        EX-23.3



                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement of
Washington Mutual, Inc. on Form S-8 of our report dated January 15, 1998, except
as to Note 2 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, which is as of
February 13, 1998, and Note 19 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements,
which is as of March 16, 1998, relating to the consolidated statements of
operations, stockholders' equity and cash flows of H.F. Ahmanson & Company and
subsidiaries for the year ended December 31, 1997, which report appears in the
December 31, 1999, annual report on Form 10-K of Washington Mutual, Inc..


/s/ KPMG LLP

Los Angeles, California
July 5, 2000