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EXHIBIT NO. 23
The Board of Directors
The Home Depot, Inc.:
We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statements (Nos.
333-85759 and 333-01385) on Form S-8 of The Home Depot, Inc. of our report dated
June 23, 2000, relating to the statements of net assets available for benefits
of The Home Depot FutureBuilder as of December 31, 1999, 1998, and 1997, and the
related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for each of
the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1999, and the related
schedule, which report appears in the December 31, 1999 annual report on Form
11-K of The Home Depot FutureBuilder.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Atlanta, Georgia
July 11, 2000
