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				UNITED STATES
		     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
			   WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549



				  FORM 10-Q



	  (X)  QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
		    OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
	      For the quarterly period ended September 30, 1997

				      OR

	  ( )  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
		   OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

		       Commission File Number 1-2979



			    NORWEST CORPORATION

		A Delaware Corporation-I.R.S. No. 41-0449260
			       Norwest Center
			     Sixth and Marquette
			 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479
			   Telephone (612) 667-1234






Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports 
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act 
of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the 
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to 
such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  X  Yes  ___ No.

Common Stock, par value $1 2/3 per share,
outstanding at October 31, 1997                         755,315,646 shares

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		       PART I.  FINANCIAL INFORMATION


Item 1.  Financial Statements.

The following consolidated financial statements of Norwest Corporation
 and its subsidiaries are included herein:

								    Page
1.  Consolidated Balance Sheets -
      September 30, 1997 and December 31, 1996.....................  3

2.  Consolidated Statements of Income -
      Quarters and Nine Months Ended September 30, 1997 and 1996...  4

3.  Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows -
      Nine Months Ended September 30, 1997 and 1996................  5

4.  Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity -
      Nine Months Ended September 30, 1997 and 1996................  6

5.  Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements...........  8





The financial information for the interim periods is unaudited.  In the 
opinion of management, all adjustments necessary (which are of a normal 
recurring nature) have been included for a fair presentation of the results 
of operations.  The results of operations for an interim period are not 
necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for a full year 
or any other interim period.


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Norwest Corporation and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)

In millions, except shares                     September 30,   December 31,
						       1997           1996 
ASSETS
Cash and due from banks ......................    $ 4,346.3        4,856.6
Interest-bearing deposits with banks .........         47.6        1,237.9
Federal funds sold and resale agreements .....        418.1        1,276.8
    Total cash and cash equivalents ..........      4,812.0        7,371.3
Trading account securities ...................        391.3          186.5
Investment and mortgage-backed securities 
  available for sale .........................     19,131.4       16,247.1
Investment securities (fair value
  $723.8 in 1997 and $745.2 in 1996) .........        704.0          712.2
    Total investment securities ..............     19,835.4       16,959.3
Loans held for sale ..........................      3,155.4        2,827.6
Mortgages held for sale ......................      7,503.3        6,339.0
Loans and leases, net of unearned discount ...     41,728.1       39,381.0
Allowance for credit losses ..................     (1,196.4)      (1,040.8)
    Net loans and leases .....................     40,531.7       38,340.2
Premises and equipment, net ..................      1,257.4        1,200.9
Mortgage servicing rights, net ...............      2,750.3        2,648.5
Interest receivable and other assets .........      5,015.4        4,302.1
    Total assets .............................    $85,252.2       80,175.4

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Deposits
  Noninterest-bearing ........................    $15,299.1       14,296.3
  Interest-bearing ...........................     37,233.8       35,833.9
    Total deposits ...........................     52,532.9       50,130.2
Short-term borrowings ........................      9,275.8        7,572.6
Accrued expenses and other liabilities .......      3,969.1        3,326.2
Long-term debt ...............................     12,651.4       13,082.2
    Total liabilities ........................     78,429.2       74,111.2
Preferred stock ..............................        273.9          249.8
Unearned ESOP shares .........................        (86.1)         (61.0)
    Total preferred stock ....................        187.8          188.8
Common stock, $1 2/3 par value - authorized
 1,000,000,000 shares:
  Issued 762,219,912 and 751,067,250 shares
   in 1997 and 1996, respectively ............      1,270.4          625.9
Surplus ......................................        378.8          948.6
Retained earnings ............................      4,808.4        4,248.2
Net unrealized gains on securities 
  available for sale .........................        445.2          303.5
Notes receivable from ESOP ...................        (10.1)         (11.1)
Treasury stock - 11,125,066 and 13,661,838
  common shares in 1997 and 1996, respectively       (250.0)        (233.3)
Foreign currency translation .................         (7.5)          (6.4)
    Total common stockholders' equity ........      6,635.2        5,875.4
    Total stockholders' equity ...............      6,823.0        6,064.2
    Total liabilities and 
      stockholders' equity ...................    $85,252.2       80,175.4

See notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

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Norwest Corporation and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(Unaudited)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
In millions, except per common share amounts          Quarter Ended     Nine Months Ended
						       September 30,       September 30,   
						      1997      1996       1997     1996
<S>                                               <C>         <C>        <C>      <C>
INTEREST INCOME ON
Loans and leases ................................ $1,153.1    1,100.8    3,364.2  3,195.0
Investment and mortgage-backed securities 
 available for sale .............................    326.1      312.0    1,016.4    871.1
Investment securities ...........................      6.9        8.7       21.0     27.6
Loans held for sale .............................     56.2       48.6      168.3    201.8
Mortgages held for sale .........................    128.5      125.1      324.0    366.8
Money market investments ........................      8.9        9.6       39.4     27.4
Trading account securities ......................     13.2        6.3       28.5     20.4
    Total interest income .......................  1,692.9    1,611.1    4,961.8  4,710.1

INTEREST EXPENSE ON
Deposits ........................................    360.7      339.7    1,075.4    975.9
Short-term borrowings ...........................    112.0      117.8      327.1    345.2
Long-term debt ..................................    197.6      205.9      578.6    634.0
    Total interest expense ......................    670.3      663.4    1,981.1  1,955.1
      Net interest income .......................  1,022.6      947.7    2,980.7  2,755.0
Provision for credit losses .....................    146.7      105.9      378.5    281.1
      Net interest income after
	provision for credit losses .............    875.9      841.8    2,602.2  2,473.9

NON-INTEREST INCOME
Trust ...........................................     89.6       73.5      261.8    217.7
Service charges on deposit accounts .............     97.1       84.9      280.6    239.8
Mortgage banking ................................    224.7      203.5      623.8    596.2
Data processing .................................     18.3       19.0       54.7     54.6
Credit card .....................................     32.4       27.7       88.2     89.1
Insurance .......................................     75.3       68.4      260.4    211.4
Other fees and service charges ..................    105.6       69.1      285.8    214.3
Net investment securities losses ................     (0.3)         -          -        -
Net investment and mortgage-backed securities   
 available for sale gains (losses) ..............     15.7      (12.4)      19.9    (56.5)
Net venture capital gains .......................     52.8       35.7      165.3    167.7
Trading .........................................     12.7       21.2       64.9     25.2
Other ...........................................     29.5       41.2       89.0     67.0
    Total non-interest income ...................    753.4      631.8    2,194.4  1,826.5

NON-INTEREST EXPENSES
Salaries and benefits ...........................    608.0      539.0    1,724.5  1,559.4
Net occupancy ...................................     82.0       88.5      241.6    230.4
Equipment rentals, depreciation and maintenance .     81.8       79.2      247.5    233.3
Business development ............................     63.3       56.8      185.4    166.9
Communication ...................................     73.4       73.3      216.2    209.9
Data processing .................................     39.6       47.6      127.0    120.6
Intangible asset amortization ...................     42.5       44.0      125.9    116.6
Other ...........................................    120.7      104.0      404.4    349.6
    Total non-interest expenses .................  1,111.3    1,032.4    3,272.5  2,986.7
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES ......................    518.0      441.2    1,524.1  1,313.7
Income tax expense ..............................    176.4      152.2      529.2    467.9
NET INCOME ...................................... $  341.6      289.0      994.9    845.8

Average common and common equivalent shares .....    758.5      748.6      758.0    736.4
PER COMMON SHARE
 Net Income
  Primary ....................................... $   0.44       0.38       1.29     1.13
  Fully diluted .................................     0.44       0.38       1.29     1.13
 Dividends ......................................    0.150      0.135      0.450    0.390

</TABLE>

See notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

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Norwest Corporation and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
									 Nine Months Ended
In millions                                                                September 30,    
									     1997       1996
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
<S>                                                                    <C>         <C>
Net income ............................................................$    994.9      845.8
  Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flows from operating
  activities:
    Provision for credit losses .......................................     378.5      281.1
    Depreciation and amortization .....................................     603.3      489.7
    Gains on sales of loans, securities and other assets, net .........    (279.9)    (120.8)
    Release of preferred shares to ESOP ...............................      27.6       30.4
    Purchases of trading account securities ........................... (73,819.7) (53,003.0)
    Proceeds from sales of trading account securities .................  73,690.0   52,966.5
    Originations of mortgages held for sale ........................... (38,729.2) (40,460.5)
    Proceeds from sales of mortgages held for sale ....................  37,603.2   44,177.5
    Originations of loans held for sale ...............................    (989.5)    (954.9)
    Proceeds from sales of loans held for sale ........................     648.8    1,610.4
    Interest receivable ...............................................     (64.2)     (29.4)
    Interest payable ..................................................      23.9       26.2
    Other assets, net .................................................    (843.1)    (551.5)
    Other accrued expenses and liabilities, net .......................     335.8      367.6 
      Net cash flows from (used for) operating activities .............    (419.6)   5,675.1 

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
  Proceeds from maturities and paydowns of investment securities ......       0.5       78.7
  Proceeds from maturities and paydowns of investment and mortgage-
    backed securities available for sale ..............................   1,928.2    2,189.5
  Proceeds from sales and calls of investment securities ..............      82.4        5.9
  Proceeds from sales and calls of investment and mortgage-backed
    securities available for sale .....................................   7,822.3    3,296.1
  Purchases of investment securities ..................................    (120.8)    (300.0)
  Purchases of investment and mortgage-backed securities available
    for sale .......................................................... (11,368.4)  (6,442.0)
  Net change in banking subsidiaries' loans and leases ................    (284.4)   1,166.5
  Non-bank subsidiaries' loans and leases originated ..................  (7,218.5)  (5,062.8)
  Principal collected on non-bank subsidiaries' loans and leases ......   7,090.8    3,394.5
  Purchases of premises and equipment .................................    (227.1)    (180.6)
  Proceeds from sales of premises, equipment & other real estate owned       82.5       68.1
  Cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash and cash equivalents acquired    (229.9)  (2,495.8)
  Divestiture of branches, net of cash and cash equivalents paid                -      (23.7)
    Net cash flows used for investing activities ......................  (2,442.4)  (4,305.6)

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
  Deposits, net .......................................................     576.3      622.0
  Short-term borrowings, net ..........................................   1,354.0     (655.1)
  Long-term debt borrowings ...........................................   2,473.5    2,674.0
  Repayments of long-term debt ........................................  (3,512.0)  (3,272.1)
  Issuances of common stock ...........................................     111.3       69.7
  Repurchases of common stock .........................................    (351.1)    (209.8)
  Repurchases of preferred stock ......................................         -     (112.7)
  Net decrease in notes receivable from ESOP ..........................       1.0        2.3
  Dividends paid ......................................................    (350.3)    (298.8)
    Net cash flows from (used for) financing activities ...............     302.7   (1,180.5)
    Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents ..............  (2,559.3)     189.0

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
  Beginning of period .................................................   7,371.3    4,946.5
  End of period .......................................................$  4,812.0    5,135.5

</TABLE>

See notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

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Norwest Corporation and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
(Unaudited)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
									       Net
									Unrealized
									     Gains
In                                                                     (Losses) on
millions,                           Unearned                            Securities       Notes                  Foreign
except for               Preferred      ESOP  Common   Sur-  Retained    Available  Receivable   Treasury      Currency
shares                       Stock    Shares   Stock   plus  Earnings     for Sale   from ESOP      Stock   Translation     Total

<S>                       <C>          <C>     <C>    <C>     <C>           <C>          <C>       <C>             <C>   <C>
Balance,
 December 31, 1995....... $  341.2     (38.9)  597.2  734.2   3,496.3        327.1       (13.3)    (125.9)         (5.8)  5,312.1
Net income...............        -         -       -      -     845.8            -           -          -             -     845.8
Dividends on
  Common stock...........        -         -       -      -    (285.5)           -           -          -             -    (285.5)
  Preferred stock........        -         -       -      -     (13.3)           -           -          -             -     (13.3)
Conversion of 30,466
  preferred shares to
  1,647,828 common shares    (30.4)        -       -    3.8         -            -           -       26.6             -         -
Repurchase of 1,127,125
  preferred shares.......   (112.7)        -       -      -         -            -           -          -             -    (112.7)
Cash payments received
  on notes receivable
  from ESOP..............        -         -       -      -         -            -         2.3          -             -       2.3
Issuance of 59,000  
  preferred shares
  to ESOP................     59.0     (61.3)      -    2.3         -            -           -          -             -         -
Release of preferred
  shares to ESOP.........        -      31.6       -   (1.2)        -            -           -          -             -      30.4
Issuance of 6,054,966
  common shares..........        -         -       -   37.4     (44.2)           -           -       91.0             -      84.2
Issuance of 38,835,772
  common shares for 
  acquisitions...........        -         -    28.7  165.9      72.3         (1.5)       (1.4)      71.1             -     335.1
Repurchase of 11,374,382
  common shares..........        -         -       -      -         -            -           -     (209.8)            -    (209.8)
Change in net unrealized 
  gains (losses) on 
  securities available 
  for sale...............        -         -       -      -         -        (50.4)          -          -             -     (50.4)
Foreign currency
  translation............        -         -       -      -         -            -           -          -           0.2       0.2
Balance, 
 September 30, 1996......  $ 257.1     (68.6)  625.9  942.4   4,071.4        275.2       (12.4)    (147.0)         (5.6)  5,938.4

</TABLE>

(Continued on page 7)

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Norwest Corporation and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
(Unaudited)
(Continued from page 6)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                 Net
                                                                          Unrealized
                                                                               Gains
In                                                                       (Losses) on
millions,                           Unearned                              Securities       Notes                  Foreign
except for               Preferred      ESOP    Common    Sur-  Retained   Available  Receivable   Treasury      Currency
shares                       Stock    Shares     Stock    plus  Earnings    for Sale   from ESOP      Stock   Translation     Total

<S>                      <C>           <C>     <C>      <C>      <C>           <C>         <C>       <C>             <C>    <C>
Balance, 
 December 31, 1996...... $   249.8     (61.0)    625.9   948.6   4,248.2       303.5       (11.1)    (233.3)         (6.4)  6,064.2
Net income..............         -         -         -       -     994.9           -           -          -             -     994.9
Dividends on
  Common stock..........         -         -         -       -    (337.0)          -           -          -             -    (337.0)
  Preferred stock.......         -         -         -       -     (13.3)          -           -          -             -     (13.3)
Stock split.............         -         -     635.2  (635.2)        -           -           -          -             -         -
Conversion of 27,572   
  preferred shares to
  1,044,696 common
  shares................     (27.6)        -         -     3.9         -           -           -       23.7             -         -
Cash payments received
  on notes receivable 
  from ESOP.............         -         -         -       -         -           -         1.0          -             -       1.0
Issuance of 51,700
  preferred shares to 
  ESOP..................      51.7     (53.8)        -     2.1         -           -           -          -             -         -
Release of preferred
  shares to ESOP........         -      28.7         -    (1.1)        -           -           -          -             -      27.6
Issuance of 10,529,358
  common shares.........         -         -         -    61.5    (128.2)          -           -      226.5             -     159.8
Issuance of 15,157,890
  common shares for
  acquisitions..........         -         -       9.3    (1.9)     43.8         1.0           -       85.1             -     137.3
Repurchase of 13,042,510
  common shares.........         -         -         -     0.9         -           -           -     (352.0)            -    (351.1)
Change in net unrealized
  gains (losses) on 
  securities available 
  for sale..............         -         -         -       -         -       140.7           -          -             -     140.7
Foreign currency 
  translation...........         -         -         -       -         -           -           -          -          (1.1)     (1.1)
Balance,
  September 30, 1997.... $   273.9     (86.1)  1,270.4   378.8   4,808.4       445.2       (10.1)    (250.0)         (7.5)  6,823.0

</TABLE>




See notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1.  Changes in Accounting Policies

Effective January 1, 1997, the corporation adopted Statement of Financial 
Accounting Standards No. 125, "Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of 
Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities" (FAS 125).  FAS 125 
sets forth the criteria for determining whether a transfer of financial 
assets should be accounted for as a sale or as a pledge of collateral in a 
secured borrowing.  FAS 125 requires that after a transfer of financial 
assets, a company must recognize the financial and servicing assets 
controlled and liabilities incurred, and derecognize financial assets and 
liabilities in which control is surrendered or debt is extinguished.  The 
adoption of FAS 125 has not had a material effect on the corporation's 
consolidated financial statements.


2.  Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information for the nine months 
ended September 30, include:

In millions                                         1997        1996

Interest......................................  $1,957.2     1,928.9
Income taxes..................................     300.9        41.9
Transfer of loans to other real estate owned..      35.9        35.0

See Notes 7 and 12 for certain non-cash common and preferred stock 
transactions.

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3.  Investment Securities

The amortized cost and fair value of investment securities at
September 30, 1997 were:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
In millions                                          Gross      Gross
                                        Amortized  Unrealized  Unrealized      Fair  
                                          Cost       Gains      Losses        Value
<S>                                    <C>            <C>          <C>     <C>
Available for sale:
 U.S. Treasury and federal agencies .. $ 1,827.3        38.0        (7.4)   1,857.9
 State, municipal and housing -
  tax exempt .........................   1,403.2        74.2        (3.1)   1,474.3
 Other ...............................     763.6       285.1       (10.0)   1,038.7
    Total investment securities 
     available for sale ..............   3,994.1       397.3       (20.5)   4,370.9
Mortgage-backed securities:
  Federal agencies ...................  14,240.1       336.9       (15.0)  14,562.0
  Collateralized mortgage 
   obligations .......................     191.5         9.7        (2.7)     198.5
    Total mortgage-backed securities
     available for sale ..............  14,431.6       346.6       (17.7)  14,760.5
Total investment and 
 mortgage-backed securities 
 available for sale ..................  18,425.7       743.9       (38.2)  19,131.4

Other securities held for investment .     704.0        21.1        (1.3)     723.8

  Total investment securities ........ $19,129.7       765.0       (39.5)  19,855.2

</TABLE>
Interest income on investment securities for the quarters and nine months ended 
September 30, was:

					     Quarter              Nine Months 
In millions                               1997     1996          1997     1996 

Available for sale:
 U.S. Treasury and federal agencies .. $  32.4     22.7         128.9     59.8
 State, municipal and housing -
   tax exempt ........................    19.6     13.5          54.2     39.3
 Other ...............................    11.7     12.2          35.9     35.2
    Total investment securities 
     available for sale ..............    63.7     48.4         219.0    134.3
 Mortgage-backed securities:
  Federal agencies ...................   257.5    259.4         784.1    726.9
  Collateralized mortgage 
   obligations .......................     4.9      4.2          13.3      9.9
    Total mortgage-backed securities
     available for sale ..............   262.4    263.6         797.4    736.8
Total investment and mortgage-backed 
  securities available for sale ......   326.1    312.0       1,016.4    871.1

Other securities held for investment .     6.9      8.7          21.0     27.6

  Total investment securities ........ $ 333.0    320.7       1,037.4    898.7


Certain investment securities held for investment with a total amortized
cost of $38.7 million and $82.4 million for the three and nine months ended
September 30, 1997, respectively, and $0.4 million and $5.9 million for the
three and nine months ended September 30, 1996, respectively, were either
sold by the corporation due to significant deterioration in the 
creditworthiness of the related issuers or called by the issuers prior to
maturity.  The sales and calls of investment securities resulted in a loss
of $0.3 million for the quarter, and no gain or loss for the nine months
ended September 30, 1997.  Sales and calls of investment securities held
for investment resulted in no gain or loss for the quarter and nine months
ended September 30, 1996. 


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4.  Loans and Leases

The carrying values of loans and leases at September 30, 1997 and
December 31, 1996 were:

In millions                                 September 30,     December 31,
						    1997             1996
Commercial, financial and industrial .....     $10,369.3         10,204.9
Agricultural .............................       1,229.6          1,107.7
Real estate                                                              
  Secured by 1-4 family residential
    properties ...........................      10,724.4         10,376.3
  Secured by development properties ......       2,125.3          2,104.5
  Secured by construction and land
    development ..........................         982.3            943.8
  Secured by owner-occupied properties ...       2,800.4          2,644.6
Consumer .................................      12,135.9         10,431.2
Credit card ..............................       1,561.8          1,566.2
Lease financing ..........................         862.5            812.4
Foreign
  Consumer ...............................         847.3            774.9
  Commercial .............................         212.6            187.7
    Total loans and leases ...............      43,851.4         41,154.2
Unearned discount ........................      (2,123.3)        (1,773.2)
  Total loans and leases, net of 
    unearned discount ....................     $41,728.1         39,381.0


Changes in the allowance for credit losses for the quarters and nine months 
ended September 30, were:
					     Quarter         Nine Months   
In millions                                1997     1996      1997     1996

Balance at beginning of period ....... $1,071.1  1,008.9   1,040.8    917.2
  Allowance related to assets 
   acquired, net .....................    104.1     18.4     129.4    104.3
  Provision for credit losses ........    146.7    105.9     378.5    281.1

  Credit losses ......................   (159.2)  (129.4)   (462.9)  (358.5)
  Recoveries .........................     33.7     30.0     110.6     89.7
    Net credit losses ................   (125.5)   (99.4)   (352.3)  (268.8)
Balance at end of period ............. $1,196.4  1,033.8   1,196.4  1,033.8


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5.  Non-performing Assets and 90-day Past Due Loans and Leases    

Total non-performing assets and 90-day past due loans and leases at
September 30, 1997 and 1996 and December 31, 1996 were:

In millions                                    September 30,  December 31,
					      1997      1996          1996
Impaired loans
  Non-accrual ...........................  $  94.5     117.4          94.0
  Restructured ..........................      0.1       0.6           0.2
    Total impaired loans ................     94.6     118.0          94.2
Other non-accrual loans and leases ......     94.3      66.6          62.5
  Total non-accrual and
   restructured loans and leases ........    188.9     184.6         156.7
Other real estate owned .................     40.8      46.4          43.3
  Total non-performing assets ...........    229.7     231.0         200.0
Loans and leases past due 90 days or more*   121.0     121.9         110.7
  Total non-performing assets and
   90-day past due loans and leases .....  $ 350.7     352.9         310.7

* Excludes non-accrual and restructured loans and leases.

The average balances of impaired loans for the nine months ended September 30, 
1997 and 1996 were $107.2 million and $114.4 million, respectively. The 
allowance for credit losses related to impaired loans at September 30, 1997 and 
December 31, 1996 was $31.0 million and $31.4 million, respectively.  Impaired 
loans of $2.1 million and $0.9 million were not subject to a related allowance 
for credit losses at September 30, 1997 and December 31, 1996, respectively, 
because of the net realizable value of loan collateral, guarantees and other 
factors.
 
The effect of non-accrual and restructured loans on interest income for the 
quarters and nine months ended September 30, was:

					      Quarter         Nine Months
In millions                                 1997    1996     1997    1996

Interest
  As originally contracted ...........     $ 3.8     9.8     15.1    20.0
  As recognized ......................      (1.3)   (4.1)    (2.7)   (6.1)
    Reduction of interest income .....     $ 2.5     5.7     12.4    13.9


6.  Long-term Debt

During the first nine months of 1997, the corporation issued $200 million in 
medium-term notes bearing a fixed interest rate of 6.75 percent, which mature 
in June 2007.  Also, during the first nine months of 1997, certain 
subsidiaries of the corporation received advances from the Federal Home Loan 
Bank.  Advances of $1,020 million were issued bearing interest at rates 
ranging from one-month LIBOR less 17 basis points to three-month LIBOR less 
seven basis points, and which mature between December, 1997 and September, 
2000.  Advances maturing within the next year are expected to be refinanced, 
extending the maturity of such borrowings beyond one year.  Norwest Financial, 
Inc. and its subsidiaries issued $1,250 million in senior notes in the first 
nine months of 1997 bearing interest at fixed rates ranging from 4.90 percent 
to 7.20 percent, which mature from March 2000 to May 2007.

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7. Stockholders' Equity

The table below is a summary of the corporation's preferred and preference
stock at September 30, 1997 and December 31, 1996.  A detailed description of
the corporation's preferred and preference stock is provided in Note 10 to the 
audited consolidated financial statements included in the corporation's 1996 
annual report on Form 10-K.

In millions, except share amounts

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
							     Annual
							   Dividend
			      Shares Outstanding            Rate at        Amount Outstanding     
			   September 30,  December 31  September 30,    September 30,  December 31,
				   1997          1996          1997             1997          1996
<S>                           <C>           <C>             <C>               <C>            <C>
Cumulative
  Tracking, $200
  stated value ..............   980,000       980,000        9.30%            $196.0         196.0
1997 ESOP Cumulative
  Convertible, $1,000 stated
  value .....................    28,032             -        9.50%              28.0             -
1996 ESOP Cumulative
  Convertible, $1,000 stated
  value .....................    23,260        24,469        8.50%              23.3          24.5
1995 ESOP Cumulative
  Convertible, $1,000 stated
  value .....................    21,177        22,716       10.00%              21.2          22.7
ESOP Cumulative Convertible,
  $1,000 stated value .......    10,438        11,594        9.00%              10.4          11.6
Less: Cumulative
  Tracking shares held by
  a subsidiary ..............   (25,000)      (25,000)                          (5.0)         (5.0)
			      1,037,907     1,013,779                          273.9         249.8
Unearned ESOP shares ........                                                  (86.1)        (61.0)
    Total preferred stock ...                                                 $187.8         188.8

</TABLE>

On February 24, 1997, the corporation issued 51,700 shares of 1997 ESOP 
Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, $1,000 stated value per share ("1997 
ESOP Preferred Stock"), in the stated amount of $51.7 million at a premium of 
$2.1 million; a corresponding charge of $53.8 million was recorded to unearned 
ESOP shares.

During the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 1997, 8,327 and 27,572 
shares of ESOP Preferred Stock were converted into 273,024 and 1,044,696 
shares, respectively, of common stock of the corporation.  During the quarter 
and nine months ended September 30, 1996, 7,817 and 30,466 shares of ESOP 
Preferred Stock were converted into 388,838 shares and 1,647,828 shares, 
respectively, of common stock of the corporation.

On September 23, 1997, the corporation's board of directors declared a two-
for-one stock split of the common shares to be effected in the form of a 100 
percent stock dividend, payable on October 10, 1997, to stockholders of record 
on October 2, 1997.  The stock split resulted in an increase in common stock 
of 381,109,956 shares and was accounted for by a transfer of $635.2 million to 
common stock from surplus.  All prior year common share and per share 
disclosures have been restated to reflect the stock split.  

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On July 10, 1997, the market value of the corporation's common stock closed 
above the vesting price for options granted July 23, 1996 under the 
corporation's Best Practices PartnerShares Plan, a broad-based employee stock 
option plan.  Of 3.8 million options which vested, 1.8 million had been 
exercised as of September 30, 1997.  On September 23, 1997, the corporation's 
board of directors approved the second stock option grant under this plan to 
eligible employees.  Options for approximately 21.9 million common shares were 
granted at an exercise price of $31.34 per share.  The options under the 
second grant are generally exercisable upon the earlier of September 24, 2002, 
or the first date the closing market value of the corporation's common stock 
equals or exceeds $60 per share. 

8. Business Segments

The corporation's operations include three primary business segments:  
banking, mortgage banking and consumer finance.  See Note 16 to the audited 
consolidated financial statements included in the corporation's annual report 
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996 for a detailed description 
of each business segment.  Selected financial information by business segment 
for the quarters and nine months ended September 30 is included in the 
following summary:

In millions
				 Quarter               Nine Months 
				1997      1996        1997      1996
Revenues:*
  Banking ................ $ 1,555.4   1,417.7     4,655.2   4,172.7
  Mortgage Banking .......     400.9     378.7     1,092.4   1,048.9
  Norwest Financial ......     490.0     446.5     1,408.6   1,315.0
    Total ................ $ 2,446.3   2,242.9     7,156.2   6,536.6
Organizational earnings:*
  Banking ................ $   254.8     189.6       711.0     560.1
  Mortgage Banking .......      37.7      31.8       106.8      92.9
  Norwest Financial ......      49.1      67.6       177.1     192.8
    Total ................ $   341.6     289.0       994.9     845.8
Total assets:
  Banking ................ $61,283.5  59,261.2
  Mortgage Banking .......  13,737.8  10,499.5
  Norwest Financial ......  10,230.9   8,666.9
    Total ................ $85,252.2  78,427.6

*  Revenues (interest income plus non-interest income), where applicable,
   and organizational earnings by business segment are impacted by 
   intercompany revenues and expenses, such as interest on borrowings
   from the parent company, corporate service fees and allocation of 
   federal income taxes.

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9.  Mortgage Banking Activities

Additional information about mortgage banking non-interest income for the 
quarters and nine months ended September 30, is presented below: 

				  Quarter            Nine Months 
In millions                    1997      1996        1997     1996

Origination and other
  closing fees ............  $ 86.2      79.2       222.6    240.1
Servicing fees ............    79.5      79.9       220.3    207.4
Net gains (losses) on sales 
  of servicing rights .....    (2.4)      1.7        (4.8)    41.5
Net gains on       
  sales of mortgages ......    15.6       4.3        61.6      1.2
Other .....................    45.8      38.4       124.1    106.0
  Total mortgage banking
    non-interest income ...  $224.7     203.5       623.8    596.2

Mortgage loans serviced for others are not included in the accompanying 
consolidated balance sheets.  The outstanding balances of serviced loans were 
$198.2 billion and $176.3 billion at September 30, 1997 and 1996, 
respectively, and $179.7 billion at December 31, 1996.

Changes in capitalized mortgage servicing rights for the quarters and nine 
months ended September 30, were:

				  Quarter              Nine Months   
In millions                    1997      1996          1997      1996

Balance at beginning
    of period ............ $2,783.8   2,566.6       2,712.7   1,290.9
  Originations ...........     93.7      88.9         253.5     272.9
  Purchases and other
    additions ............    127.8     140.4         236.4   1,365.9
  Sales ..................    (17.0)    (10.0)        (34.4)    (27.4)
  Amortization ...........   (104.9)    (94.3)       (322.1)   (210.4)
  Other ..................    (68.9)     (7.8)        (31.6)     (8.1)
			    2,814.5   2,683.8       2,814.5   2,683.8
  Less valuation allowance    (64.2)    (64.2)        (64.2)    (64.2)
Balance at end of period . $2,750.3   2,619.6       2,750.3   2,619.6


The fair value of capitalized mortgage servicing rights at September 30, 1997 
was approximately $3.2 billion, calculated using discount rates ranging from 
500 to 700 basis points over the ten-year U.S. Treasury rate.

There were no changes in the valuation allowance for capitalized mortgage 
servicing rights during the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 1997 
and 1996.

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10. Trading Revenues

For the quarters and nine months ended September 30, trading revenues were 
derived from the following activities:

						 Quarter      Nine Months 
In millions                                   1997    1996    1997    1996

Interest income:
  Securities .............................. $ 13.2     6.3    28.5    20.4

Non-interest income:
  Gains(losses) on securities sold ........   13.3    10.4    44.9    (4.4)
  Swaps and other interest rate contracts .    0.8    (0.1)    1.4    23.1
  Foreign exchange trading ................    3.3     2.1    10.9     6.3
  Options .................................    1.1     8.1     4.9    (1.2)
  Futures .................................   (5.8)    0.7     2.8     1.4
    Total non-interest income .............   12.7    21.2    64.9    25.2
Total trading revenues .................... $ 25.9    27.5    93.4    45.6


11. Derivative Activities

The corporation and its subsidiaries, as end-users, utilize various types of 
derivative products (principally interest rate swaps and interest rate caps 
and floors) as part of an overall interest rate risk management strategy.  See 
Note 15 to the audited consolidated financial statements included in the 
corporation's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996 
for a detailed description of derivative products utilized in end-user 
activities.

Interest rate swaps generally involve the exchange of fixed and floating rate 
interest payments based on an underlying notional amount.  Generic swaps' 
notional amounts do not change for the life of the contract.  The rate of 
return on the amortizing swaps is the underlying coupon yield, paydown 
adjustment and price characteristics of an amortizing pool of mortgages or 
mortgage-backed securities.  Basis swaps are contracts where the corporation 
receives an amount and pays an amount based on different floating indices.  
Currently, interest rate floors, futures contracts and options on futures 
contracts are principally being used by the corporation in hedging its 
portfolio of mortgage servicing rights.  The floors provide for the receipt of 
payments when interest rates are below predetermined interest rate levels.  
The unrealized gains (losses) on interest rate floors and futures contracts 
are included, as appropriate, in determining the fair value of the capitalized 
mortgage servicing rights.


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For the nine months ended September 30, 1997, end-user derivative activities 
decreased interest income by $1.1 million and interest expense by $61.4 
million, for a total benefit to net interest income of $60.3 million.  For the 
same period in 1996, the total benefit to net interest income was $51.0 
million.

Activity in the notional amounts of end-user derivatives for the nine months 
ended September 30, 1997 is summarized as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
In millions                December 31,              Amortization                 September 30,
				  1996   Additions   & Maturities  Terminations           1997
<S>                           <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>             <C>
Swaps:

  Generic receive fixed ..... $  4,602       1,003           (650)         (339)         4,616

  Amortizing receive fixed ..       83       3,261            (37)          (80)         3,227

  Generic pay fixed .........      354          15             (2)         (150)           217

  Basis .....................       29           -              -             -             29

    Total swaps .............    5,068       4,279           (689)         (569)         8,089

Interest rate caps 
  and floors ................   15,977       7,000              -        (5,100)        17,877

Futures contracts ...........    3,617      23,789              -       (22,549)         4,857

Options on futures contracts.    5,559      46,954        (11,876)      (27,481)        13,156

Security options ............      825       3,415         (2,615)         (900)           725

Total ....................... $ 31,046      85,437        (15,180)      (56,599)        44,704

</TABLE>

Deferred gains and losses on closed end-user derivatives were not material at 
September 30, 1997 and December 31, 1996.

A key assumption in the information which follows is that rates remain 
constant at September 30, 1997 levels.  To the extent that rates change, both 
the average notional and variable interest rate information may change.

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The following table presents the maturities and weighted average rates for
end-user derivatives by type:

Dollars in millions
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
					      Maturity                         
								    There-
September 30, 1997          1997    1998    1999    2000    2001    after    Total

<S>                      <C>       <C>     <C>     <C>     <C>     <C>      <C>
Swaps:
Generic receive fixed-
  Notional value ........$     -     650     766     400     500    2,300    4,616
  Weighted avg. 
    receive rate ........      -%   6.34%   7.28    6.17    6.35     6.57     6.60
  Weighted avg. pay rate       -%   5.74%   5.87    5.73    5.71     5.71     5.74
Amortizing receive fixed-
  Notional value ........$     -       -   1,975   1,252       -        -    3,227
  Weighted avg.
    receive rate ........      -%      -    7.46    6.41       -        -     7.05
  Weighted avg. pay rate       -%      -    5.64    5.69       -        -     5.66
Generic pay fixed-
  Notional value ........$     -       -       -       -       7      210      217
  Weighted avg.
    receive rate ........      -%      -       -       -    5.68     5.72     5.72
  Weighted avg. pay rate       -%      -       -       -    6.33     5.86     5.87
Basis-
  Notional value ........$     -      29       -       -       -        -       29
  Weighted avg.
    receive rate ........      -%   4.41       -       -       -        -     4.41
  Weighted avg. pay rate       -%   2.99       -       -       -        -     2.99

Interest rate caps and
  floors (1):
  Notional value ........$     -     527     400   3,700   5,250    8,000   17,877

Futures contracts (1):
  Notional value ........$ 4,857       -       -       -       -        -    4,857

Options on futures
  contracts (1):
  Notional value ........$ 9,961   3,195       -       -       -        -   13,156

Security options (1)
  Notional value ........$   725       -       -       -       -        -      725

Total notional value ....$15,543   4,401   3,141   5,352   5,757   10,510   44,704

Total weighted avg.
  rates on swaps:
    Receive rate ........      -%   6.25    7.41    6.35    6.34     6.50     6.75 

    Pay rate ............      -%   5.63    5.70    5.70    5.71     5.72     5.70 

</TABLE>

 (1)  Average rates are not meaningful for interest rate caps and floors, 
      futures contracts or options.

Note:  Weighted average variable rates are based on the actual rates as of
       September 30, 1997.

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The following table provides the gross gains and gross losses not yet 
recognized in the consolidated financial statements for open end-user 
derivatives applicable to certain hedged assets and liabilities:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
In millions                                     Balance Sheet Category                   
					   Loans   Mortgage   Interest-  Long-
			      Investment     and  Servicing     bearing   term
September 30, 1997            Securities  Leases     Rights    Deposits   Debt      Total

<S>                           <C>           <C>      <C>          <C>    <C>        <C>
Swaps:
  Pay variable 
    Unrealized gains ........ $       -        -      13.3        57.7    61.2      132.2
    Unrealized (losses) .....         -        -         -           -   (12.2)     (12.2)

    Pay variable net ........         -        -      13.3        57.7    49.0      120.0

  Pay fixed 
    Unrealized gains ........         -      0.8         -         2.8       -        3.6
    Unrealized (losses) .....         -        -         -           -       -          -

    Pay fixed net ...........         -      0.8         -         2.8       -        3.6

  Basis 
    Unrealized gains ........       0.1        -         -           -       -        0.1
    Unrealized (losses) .....         -        -         -           -       -          -

    Pay basis net ...........       0.1        -         -           -       -        0.1

  Total unrealized gains ....       0.1      0.8      13.3        60.5    61.2      135.9
  Total unrealized (losses) .         -        -         -           -   (12.2)     (12.2)

    Total net ............... $     0.1      0.8      13.3        60.5    49.0      123.7

Interest rate caps and floors:
  Unrealized gains .......... $    19.9        -      64.0           -       -       83.9
  Unrealized (losses) .......         -        -      (7.4)       (0.1)   (0.1)      (7.6)

    Total net ............... $    19.9        -      56.6        (0.1)   (0.1)      76.3

Futures contracts:
  Unrealized gains .......... $     0.3        -      39.1           -       -       39.4
  Unrealized (losses) .......         -     (2.1)     (1.3)          -       -       (3.4)

    Total net ............... $     0.3     (2.1)     37.8           -       -       36.0

Options on futures contracts:
  Unrealized gains .......... $       -        -      34.2           -       -       34.2
  Unrealized (losses) .......         -     (0.7)    (22.6)          -       -      (23.3)

    Total net ............... $       -     (0.7)     11.6           -       -       10.9

Security options:
  Unrealized gains .......... $       -        -         -           -       -          -
  Unrealized (losses) .......         -     (1.2)        -           -       -       (1.2)

    Total net ............... $       -     (1.2)        -           -       -       (1.2)

  Grand total
    unrealized gains ........ $    20.3      0.8     150.6        60.5    61.2      293.4
  Grand total
    unrealized (losses) .....         -     (4.0)    (31.3)       (0.1)  (12.3)     (47.7)

  Grand total net ........... $    20.3     (3.2)    119.3        60.4    48.9      245.7
</TABLE>

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As a result of interest rate fluctuations, off-balance sheet derivatives have 
unrealized appreciation or depreciation in market values as compared with 
their cost.  As these derivatives hedge certain assets and liabilities of the 
corporation, as noted in the table above, there has been offsetting unrealized 
appreciation and depreciation in the assets and liabilities hedged. 

The corporation has entered into mandatory and standby forward contracts, 
including options on forward contracts, to reduce interest rate risk on 
certain mortgage loans held for sale and other commitments.  The contracts 
provide for the delivery of securities at a specified future date, at a 
specified price or yield.  At September 30, 1997, the corporation had forward 
contracts and options on forward contracts totaling $27.1 billion, all of 
which mature within 180 days.  Gains and losses on forward contracts and 
options on forward contracts are included in the determination of market value 
of mortgages held for sale.

At September 30, 1997, the corporation's trading account portfolio primarily 
included futures contracts of $2.0 billion notional value, which are valued at 
market with any gains or losses recognized currently.


12. Business Combinations

The corporation regularly explores opportunities for acquisitions of financial 
institutions and related businesses.  Generally, management of the corporation 
does not make a public announcement about an acquisition opportunity until a 
definitive agreement has been signed.  At September 30, 1997, the corporation 
had 9 pending acquisitions with total assets of approximately $1.5 billion, 
and it is anticipated that cash of $73.2 million and approximately 8.5 million 
common shares will be issued upon completion of these acquisitions.

These pending acquisitions, subject to approval by regulatory agencies, are 
expected to be completed by the end of 1997 and are not significant to the 
financial statements of the corporation, either individually or in the 
aggregate.

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Transactions completed in the nine months ended September 30, 1997 include:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
In millions, except share amounts                                  Common
							  Cash     Shares    Method of
				     Date     Assets      Paid     Issued   Accounting
<S>                              <C>         <C>        <C>      <C>         <C>
Franklin Federal 
  Bancorp., F.S.B.
  Austin, Texas (B) ............  January  1 $  621.3   $  90.0           -  Purchase of
									     assets
Central Bancorporation, Inc. 
  Fort Worth, Texas (B) ........  January 28  1,105.3         -   9,399,576  Pooling of
									     interests*
Reliable Financial 
  Services, Inc. 
  San Juan, Puerto Rico(F) ..... February 21     38.6         -   1,753,086  Pooling of
									     interests*
Statewide Mortgage Company,
  Birmingham, Alabama (B) ...... February 26     27.9         -   1,049,992  Purchase
The United Group, Inc.
  Charlotte, North Carolina (F).    March 21     40.6         -     648,348  Purchase
Farmers National Bancorp, Inc.
  Geneseo, Illinois (B) ........    March 24    197.6         -   1,207,198  Purchase
The First National
  Bankshares, Inc.,
  Tucumcari, New Mexico (B) ....     June 17     90.2         -     608,900  Purchase
Tennessee Credit Corporation 
  Nashville, Tennessee (F) .....     July 18     13.4       3.3           -  Purchase
Western National Trust 
  Company, National Association
  Odessa, Texas (B) ............     July 31      0.3       0.9           -  Purchase
Fidelity Acceptance Corporation
  St. Louis, Missouri (F) ......   August 31  1,134.5     343.6           -  Purchase
The Bank of the Southwest,
  National Association, 
  Pagosa Springs, Colorado (B) . September 2     85.4         -     490,790  Purchase
					     $3,355.1   $ 437.8  15,157,890
 
</TABLE>

 *  Pooling of interests transactions were not material to the corporation's
    consolidated financial statements; accordingly, previously reported results
    have not been restated.
(B) - Banking Group; (F) - Norwest Financial

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Item 2.  Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
	 Results of Operations.

Management's discussion and analysis should be read together with the 
financial statements submitted under Item 1 of Part I and with Norwest 
Corporation's 1996 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

EARNINGS PERFORMANCE

The corporation reported net income of $341.6 million for the quarter ended 
September 30, 1997, an 18.2 percent increase over the $289.0 million earned 
in the third quarter of 1996.  Fully diluted earnings per share were 
44 cents, compared with 38 cents in the third quarter of 1996, an increase 
of 15.8 percent.  The per common share results have been restated to 
reflect the two-for-one split of the outstanding shares of common stock of 
the corporation, effected in the form of a 100 percent stock dividend, 
distributed on October 10, 1997.  Return on realized common equity was 22.2 
percent and return on assets was 1.64 percent for the third quarter of 
1997, compared with 21.0 percent and 1.48 percent, respectively, in the 
third quarter of 1996.

For the nine months ended September 30, 1997, net income was $994.9 
million, or $1.29 per fully diluted common share, an increase of 17.6 
percent and 14.2 percent, respectively, over the $845.8 million, or $1.13 
per common share, earned in the first nine months of 1996. Return on 
realized common equity was 22.3 percent and return on assets was 1.63 
percent for the first nine months of 1997, compared with 21.9 percent and 
1.49 percent, respectively, for the same period in 1996. 

ORGANIZATIONAL EARNINGS

The organizational earnings of the corporation's primary business segments 
are included in Note 8 to the unaudited consolidated financial statements 
for the three and nine months ended September 30, 1997 and 1996 and are 
discussed in the following paragraphs.

Banking Group

The Banking Group reported third quarter 1997 earnings of $254.8 million, a 
34.3 percent increase over third quarter 1996 earnings of $189.6 million.  
For the nine months ended September 30, 1997, earnings increased 26.9 
percent to $711.0 million, compared with $560.1 million for the same period 
in 1996.  The increased earnings in the first nine months of 1997 reflect 
an 11.3 percent increase in tax-equivalent net interest income to 
$2,125.6 million, primarily due to an 8.9 percent increase in average 
earning assets and an 11 basis point increase in net interest margin.  The 
Banking Group's provision for credit losses for the nine months ended 
September 30, 1997 increased $20.7 million to $127.7 million from a year 
earlier, as average loans and leases rose $1.7 billion, or 5.6 percent, and 
net charge-offs as a percent of average loans and leases increased 17 basis 
points to 0.63 percent.  Non-interest income rose $264.6 million to 
$1,267.9 million for the first nine months of 1997, due primarily to growth 
in trust, fees and service charges, insurance, and investment securities 
and venture capital gains.  Non-interest expenses of $2,155.6 million for 
the first nine months of 1997 were $237.3 million higher than the first 
nine months of 1996.  Prior year non-interest expenses include a $19.0 
million charge recorded in the third quarter of 1996 related to 
recapitalization of the Savings Association Insurance Fund (SAIF).  
Excluding the SAIF charge, the increase in non-interest expenses for the 

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nine months ended September 30, 1997 over the comparable period of 1996 
reflects increased operating expenses related to acquisitions.

Mortgage Banking

Mortgage Banking earned $37.7 million in the current quarter, compared with 
$31.8 million in the third quarter of 1996.  For the first nine months of 
1997, Mortgage Banking earned $106.8 million, compared with $92.9 million 
in the same period of 1996.  See Note 9 to the unaudited consolidated 
financial statements for additional information about mortgage banking 
revenues for the three and nine months ended September 30, 1997 and 1996.

The growth in Mortgage Banking earnings over the first nine months of 1996 
reflects higher servicing fees from a larger servicing portfolio and an 
increase in the combined gains on sales of mortgages and servicing rights 
to $56.8 million in the first nine months of 1997, compared with $42.7 
million in the same period a year ago. Mortgage loan originations amounted 
to $15.7 billion during the third quarter, and totaled $38.7 billion for 
the first nine months of 1997, compared with $13.2 billion and $39.9 
billion, respectively, in the comparable periods in 1996.  The unclosed 
pipeline of mortgage loans was $11.5 billion at September 30, 1997, 
compared with $7.7 billion at December 31, 1996. The servicing portfolio 
had a weighted average coupon of 7.77 percent and totaled $198.2 billion at 
September 30, 1997, compared with $179.7 billion at December 31, 1996.  
Capitalized mortgage servicing rights amounted to $2.8 billion, or 139 
basis points of the mortgage servicing portfolio at September 30, 1997, 
compared with $2.6 billion, or 147 basis points, at December 31, 1996.

Norwest Financial

Norwest Financial reported third quarter 1997 net income of $49.1 million, 
which includes $27.3 million in non-recurring pre-tax acquisition charges 
related to Norwest's acquisition of Fidelity Acceptance Corporation during 
the quarter.  Fidelity is an automobile finance company with $1.1 billion 
in receivables with 150 locations in 31 states and Guam, managed by Norwest 
Financial.  The non-recurring charges include $16.0 million pre-tax to 
conform Fidelity's credit policies to those of Norwest.  Excluding the 
special acquisition charges, Norwest Financial's operating earnings were 
$194.9 million for the first nine months of 1997, compared with $192.8 
million for the same period in 1996.  The growth in operating earnings 
reflected a 6.8 percent increase in Norwest Financial's tax-equivalent net 
interest income as average finance receivables grew 6.5 percent from the 
first nine months of 1996, partially offset by a higher provision for 
credit losses.  For the first nine months of 1997, Norwest Financial's net 
charge-offs were $199.0 million, or 3.48 percent of average loans, compared 
with $164.9 million, or 3.07 percent of average loans, in the comparable 
period of 1996.


CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT ANALYSIS

Net Interest Income

Consolidated tax-equivalent net interest income was $1,034.2 million in the
third quarter of 1997, compared with $955.6 million in the third quarter of
1996, an increase of 8.2 percent. For the first nine months of 1997, 
tax-equivalent net interest income increased 8.4 percent from the same period in
1996 to $3,013.0 million.  Growth in tax-equivalent net interest income over
the third quarter ended September 30, 1996 was primarily due to a 5.9 percent
growth in average earning assets.  Net interest margin, the ratio of annualized
tax-equivalent net interest income to average earning assets, was 5.81 percent
in the third quarter of 1997, compared with 5.66 percent in the third quarter of
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net interest margin from third quarter of 1996 is primarily due to an
improvement in funding costs.

The following table summarizes changes in tax-equivalent net interest income 
between the quarters ended September 30 and June 30 and the nine months ended 
September 30.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Changes in Tax-Equivalent Net Interest Income*
In millions                                     3Q 97     3Q 97    9 Mos. 97
						 from      from       from
						3Q 96     2Q 97    9 Mos. 96
<S>                                            <C>         <C>         <C>
Increase (decrease) due to:
  Change in earning asset volume ............  $ 52.5       0.4        195.5
  Change in volume of interest-free funds ...    20.2       2.7         57.6
  Change in net return from
   Interest-free funds ......................    (1.8)      2.4        (10.1)
   Interest-bearing funds ...................     6.3       3.4        (10.1)
  Change in earning asset mix ...............   (11.1)     13.2        (44.5)
  Change in funding mix .....................    12.5       0.5         46.2
Change in tax-equivalent net interest income.  $ 78.6      22.6        234.6

</TABLE>

* Net interest income is presented on a tax-equivalent basis using a
  federal incremental tax rate of 35 percent in each period presented.


Provision for Credit Losses

Norwest provided $146.7 million for credit losses in the third quarter of 
1997, or 143 basis points of average loans and leases on an annualized 
basis, including $16.0 million, or 16 basis points, of one-time provision 
for credit losses related to the acquisition of Fidelity Acceptance 
Corporation.  This compares with $105.9 million, or 107 basis points, in 
the same period a year ago.  Net credit losses totaled $125.5 million in 
the third quarter of 1997, up from $99.4 million in the third quarter of 
1996.  As a percent of average loans and leases, net credit losses were 122 
basis points in the third quarter of 1997, compared with 100 basis points 
in the same period a year ago.

For the first nine months of 1997, Norwest's provision for credit losses 
amounted to $378.5 million, or 125 basis points of average loans and leases 
on an annualized basis, compared with $281.1 million, or 98 basis points, 
for the same period of 1996.  Net credit losses as a percent of average 
loans and leases were 117 basis points in the first nine months of 1997, 
compared with 94 basis points in the same period of 1996.  Excluding the 
$16.0 million special acquisition charge in 1997, the increase in the 
provision for credit losses for the three and nine months ending September 
30, 1997 over the comparable periods of 1996 relates to higher levels of 
charge-offs in regions which have had acquisitions and to higher consumer 
credit charge-offs.

Non-interest Income

Consolidated non-interest income was $753.4 million in the third quarter of 
1997, an increase of $121.6 million, or 19.2 percent, from the third 
quarter of 1996.  Contributing to the 1997 increase was continued growth in 
trust, fees and service charges, mortgage banking, insurance, and 
investment securities and venture capital gains.  The increases in trust 
revenues, fees and service charges and insurance reflect overall increases 
in business activity, including acquisitions, and marketing efforts.  For 
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million to $2,194.4 million, an increase of 20.1 percent over 1996.  The 
increase was due to higher revenues in essentially all categories.

Mortgage banking revenues in the third quarter of 1997 were $224.7 million, 
compared with $203.5 million in the third quarter of 1996.  For the nine 
months ended September 30, 1997, mortgage banking revenues were $623.8 
million, compared with $596.2 million for the first nine months of 1996. 
Amortization of capitalized servicing rights was $104.9 million and $322.1 
million, respectively, for the three and nine-month periods ended September 
30, 1997, compared with $94.3 million and $210.4 million, respectively, for 
the comparable periods of 1996.  The increase in amortization in 1997 is 
due in part to the corporation electing to accelerate amortization of 
mortgage servicing rights in the second quarter by recording an additional 
$42.0 million of amortization.  See Note 9 to the unaudited consolidated 
financial statements for additional information about mortgage banking 
revenues for the three and nine months ended September 30, 1997 and 1996.  
Mortgage banking revenue derived from sales of servicing rights are largely 
dependent upon portfolio characteristics and prevailing market conditions.

Net venture capital gains were $52.8 million for the three months and 
$165.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 1997, compared with 
$35.7 million and $167.7 million, respectively, for the same periods in 
1996.  Sales of venture capital securities generally relate to timing of 
holdings becoming publicly traded and subsequent market conditions, causing 
venture capital gains to be unpredictable in nature.  Net unrealized 
appreciation in the venture capital investment portfolio was $195.6 million 
at September 30, 1997. 

Insurance revenues in the third quarter of 1997 were $75.3 million, 
compared with $68.4 million in the corresponding period in 1996.  For the 
first nine months of 1997, insurance revenues amounted to $260.4 million, 
compared with $211.4 million in the corresponding period in 1996.  While 
insurance revenue is impacted by seasonality in the crop insurance 
business, the year to date increases in insurance revenues over 1996 are 
primarily attributed to higher volume of commissions on sales of crop hail 
and credit life insurance.

The corporation's trading revenue for the third quarter of 1997 was $12.7 
million, compared with $21.2 million in the third quarter of 1996.  Trading 
revenues amounted to $64.9 million in the first nine months of 1997, 
compared with the $25.2 million in the same period of 1996.  See Note 10 to 
the unaudited consolidated financial statements for a detailed analysis of 
trading revenues for the three and nine months ended September 30, 1997 and 
1996.

Non-interest Expenses

Consolidated non-interest expenses were $1,111.3 million in the third 
quarter of 1997, an increase of 7.6 percent from the third quarter of 1996.  
For the first nine months of 1997, non-interest expenses increased $285.8 
million, or 9.6 percent, over the same period of 1996.  Prior year non-
interest expenses include a $19.0 million charge recorded in the third 
quarter of 1996 related to recapitalization of the SAIF.  Excluding the 
SAIF charge, increases in non-interest expenses for the three and nine 
months ended September 30, 1997 over the comparable periods of 1996 
primarily reflect increased operating expenses and one-time charges related 
to acquisitions.

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET ANALYSIS

At September 30, 1997, earning assets were $73.1 billion, an increase of 
7.1 percent from $68.2 billion at December 31, 1996.  This increase was 
primarily due to a 17.0 percent increase in total investment securities and 
a 6.0 percent increase in loans due to acquisitions.

At September 30, 1997, interest-bearing liabilities totaled $59.2 billion, 
a 4.7 percent increase from $56.5 billion at December 31, 1996.  The 
increase was primarily due to increases in interest-bearing deposits due to 
acquisitions and an increase in short-term borrowings, partially offset by 
a decrease in long-term debt.

Credit Quality

The major categories of loans and leases are included in Note 4 to the 
unaudited consolidated financial statements for the quarter ended 
September 30, 1997.

At September 30, 1997, the allowance for credit losses totaled $1,196.4 
million, or 2.87 percent of loans and leases outstanding.  Comparable 
amounts were $1,033.8 million, or 2.58 percent, at September 30, 1996, and 
$1,040.8 million, or 2.64 percent, at December 31, 1996.  The ratio of the 
allowance for credit losses to total non-performing assets and 90-day past 
due loans and leases was 341.1 percent at September 30, 1997, compared with 
292.9 percent at September 30, 1996 and 335.0 percent at December 31, 1996.

Although it is impossible for any lender to predict future credit losses 
with complete accuracy, management monitors the allowance for credit losses 
with the intent to provide for all losses that can reasonably be 
anticipated based on current conditions.  The corporation maintains the 
allowance for credit losses as a general allowance available to cover 
future credit losses within the entire loan and lease portfolio and other 
credit-related risks.  However, management has prepared an allocation of 
the allowance based on its views of risk characteristics of the portfolio.  
This allocation of the allowance for credit losses does not represent the 
total amount available for actual future credit losses in any single 
category nor does it prohibit future credit losses from being absorbed by 
portions of the allowance allocated to other categories or by the 
unallocated portion.

The allocation of the allowance for credit losses to major categories of 
loans at September 30, 1997 and December 31, 1996 was:

				   September 30,          December 31,
					   1997                  1996

Commercial ....................        $  190.9                 208.6
Consumer ......................           410.7                 285.7
Real estate ...................           172.7                 150.3
Foreign .......................            43.1                  32.3
Unallocated ...................           379.0                 363.9
   Total ......................        $1,196.4               1,040.8


Non-performing assets and 90-day past due loans and leases totaled $350.7 
million, or 0.41 percent of total assets, at September 30, 1997, compared 
with $352.9 million, or 0.45 percent, at September 30, 1996, and $310.7 
million, or 0.39 percent, at December 31, 1996. 

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The corporation manages exposure to credit risk through loan portfolio 
diversification by customer, product, industry and geography in order to 
minimize concentrations in any single sector. 

The corporation's Banking Group operates in 16 states, largely in the 
Midwest, Southwest and Rocky Mountain regions of the country.  Distribution 
of average loans by region during the first nine months of 1997 was 
approximately 62 percent in the North Central Midwest, seven percent in the 
South Central Midwest and 31 percent in the Rocky Mountain/Southwest 
region.  

Norwest Mortgage, Norwest Financial and Norwest Card Services operate on a 
nationwide basis. Mortgage Banking includes the largest retail mortgage 
origination network and the largest servicing portfolio in the United 
States.  The five states with the highest originations year to date in 1997 
are:  California $7.0 billion; Minnesota $2.1 billion; Texas $1.9 billion; 
Illinois $1.8 billion; and Washington $1.8 billion.  The originations in 
these five states comprise approximately 37.5 percent of total originations 
in 1997.  The five largest states in the servicing portfolio include:  
California $39.0 billion; Minnesota $11.3 billion; Texas $9.8 billion; New 
York $9.3 billion; and New Jersey $8.5 billion.  These five states comprise 
approximately 39 percent of the total servicing portfolio at September 30, 
1997.

Norwest Financial engages in consumer finance activities in 48 states, all 
10 Canadian provinces, the Caribbean, Central America, Saipan and Guam.  
The five states with the largest consumer finance receivables are:  
California $708.7 million; Illinois $269.4 million; Texas $239.3 million; 
Ohio $238.6 million; and Florida $238.4 million.  Consumer finance 
receivables in Puerto Rico and Canada totaled $1.3 billion and $606.8 
million, respectively, at September 30, 1997.  The consumer finance 
receivables of Puerto Rico, Canada, and the five largest states listed 
above comprise approximately 44 percent of total consumer finance 
receivables at September 30, 1997.

With respect to credit card receivables, approximately 65 percent of the 
portfolio is within the corporation's 16-state banking region.  Minnesota 
represents approximately 13 percent of the total outstanding credit card 
portfolio.  No other state accounts for more than 10 percent of the 
portfolio.

In general, the economy in regions of the U.S. where the corporation 
primarily conducts operations continues to reflect modest growth. The 
corporation's credit-risk management policies and activities as well as the 
geographical diversification of the corporation's Banking Group (including 
Norwest Card Services), Mortgage Banking, and Norwest Financial help 
mitigate the credit risk in their respective portfolios.

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Capital and Liquidity Management

The corporation's regulatory capital and ratios are summarized as follows:

					 September 30,       December 31,
						 1997               1996

Tier 1 capital.........................       $ 5,311              4,716
Tier 1 and Tier 2 capital..............         6,420              5,692
Total risk adjusted assets.............        58,485             54,638
Tier 1 capital ratio...................          9.08%              8.63
Total capital to risk adjusted assets..         10.98%             10.42
Leverage ratio.........................          6.60%              6.15

The corporation's Tier 1 capital, total capital to risk-adjusted assets and 
leverage ratios exceed the regulatory minimums of 4.0 percent, 8.0 percent 
and 3.0 percent, respectively.

The corporation's dividend payout ratio was 34.1 percent for the third 
quarter of 1997, compared with 35.5 percent for the third quarter of 1996.  
In October, 1997 the board of directors approved an increase in the 
corporation's quarterly common stock dividend to 16.5 cents per share from 
15 cents.  The dividend is payable on December 1, 1997, to common 
stockholders of record on November 7, 1997.


RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

In February 1997, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting 
Standards No. 128, "Earnings per Share," (FAS 128) which establishes new 
standards for calculating and presenting earnings per share disclosures.  
The corporation will be required to adopt the provisions of FAS 128 at 
year-end 1997.  Under FAS 128, basic and diluted earnings per share for the 
quarters and nine months ended September 30 were:

				  Quarter               Nine Months   
In millions                    1997      1996          1997     1996 

Net income.................. $341.6     289.0        $994.9    845.8
Less dividends accrued
  on preferred stock........   (4.4)     (4.4)        (13.3)   (13.3)
Income available to common
  stockholders.............. $337.2     284.6         981.6    832.5

Weighted average common 
  shares outstanding........  749.3     741.3         748.0    729.5
Adjustments for dilutive
  securities:
Assumed exercise of 
  outstanding stock options.   14.1      11.4          15.5     10.7 
Diluted common shares.......  763.4     752.7         763.5    740.2

Earnings per common share:
  Basic..................... $ 0.45      0.38          1.31     1.14  
  Diluted...................   0.44      0.37          1.29     1.12 

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Also in February 1997, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting 
Standards No. 129, "Disclosure of Information about Capital Structure," 
(FAS 129) which codifies existing disclosure requirements regarding capital 
structure.  FAS 129 will be required to be adopted at year-end 1997 and is 
not expected to have a material impact on the corporation's current capital 
structure disclosures.

In June 1997, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 
No. 130, "Reporting Comprehensive Income," (FAS 130) and Statement of 
Financial Accounting Standards No. 131, "Disclosures about Segments of an 
Enterprise and Related Information" (FAS 131).  FAS 130 requires 
disclosures of the components of comprehensive income and the accumulated 
balance of other comprehensive income within total stockholders' equity.  
FAS 131 requires disclosure of selected information about operating 
segments including segment income, revenues and asset data.  Operating 
segments, as defined in FAS 131, would include those components for which 
financial information is available and evaluated regularly by the chief 
operating decision maker in assessing performance and making resource 
allocation determinations for operating components such as those which 
exceed 10 percent or more of combined revenue, income or assets.  The 
corporation will be required to adopt the provisions of FAS 130 and FAS 131 
in 1998 and these standards are not expected to have a material impact on 
the corporation's consolidated financial statements. 

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CONSOLIDATED AVERAGE BALANCE SHEETS AND RELATED YIELDS AND RATES

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
					   Quarter Ended September 30,             
In millions, except ratios               1997                       1996           
				       Interest  Average           Interest  Average
			      Average  Income/   Yields/  Average  Income/   Yields/
			      Balance  Expense*  Rates*   Balance  Expense*  Rates*
Assets
<S>                           <C>       <C>        <C>     <C>      <C>       <C>
Money market investments .... $   619   $   8.9     5.76%  $  629    $  9.6    5.97%
Trading account securities ..     741      13.3     7.14      365       6.3    6.95
 
Investment securities 
  available for sale 
  U.S. Treasury & federal
    agencies ................   2,262      32.4     5.76    1,419      22.7    6.36
  State, municipal and 
    housing tax-exempt ......   1,454      29.3     8.43      898      19.7    8.97
  Mortgage-backed ...........  14,295     262.4     7.48   14,088     263.7    7.45
  Other .....................     976      11.8     6.39    1,135      12.3    6.12
    Total investment
       securities available
       for sale .............  18,987     335.9     7.30   17,540     318.4    7.38

Other securities held for
    investment ..............     720       6.9     3.89      864       8.7    4.05

    Total investment
       securities ...........  19,707     342.8     7.17   18,404     327.1    7.22

Loans held for sale .........   2,874      56.2     7.76    2,493      48.6    7.77
Mortgages held for sale .....   6,980     128.5     7.36    6,385     125.1    7.84
Loans and leases
  (net of unearned discount)
  Commercial ................  13,350     312.8     9.30   12,839     296.4    9.19
  Real estate ...............  15,071     369.8     9.79   14,225     342.4    9.61
  Consumer ..................  12,374     472.2    15.22   12,367     463.5   14.96
    Total loans and leases ..  40,795   1,154.8    11.27   39,431   1,102.3   11.15
  Allowance for credit losses  (1,118)                     (1,034)                 
    Net loans and leases ....  39,677                      38,397                  

    Total earning assets 
    (before the allowance for
    credit losses) ..........  71,716   1,704.5     9.55   67,707   1,619.0    9.59

Cash and due from banks .....   3,553                       3,503
Other assets ................   8,584                       7,663
  Total assets .............. $82,735                     $77,839

</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
					Quarter Ended September 30,                
In millions, except ratios               1997                       1996           
				       Interest  Average           Interest  Average
			      Average  Income/   Yields/  Average  Income/   Yields/
			      Balance  Expense*  Rates*   Balance  Expense*  Rates*

<S>                           <C>      <C>        <C>     <C>        <C>      <C>
Liabilities and 
  Stockholders' Equity

Noninterest-bearing deposits. $14,351    $    -       -%  $12,499    $    -       -%

Interest-bearing deposits
  Savings and NOW accounts ..   9,472      38.6    1.62     7,634      32.9    1.72
  Money market accounts .....  10,851      85.3    3.12    10,910      88.6    3.23
  Savings certificates ......  12,884     176.5    5.44    12,696     172.9    5.42
  Certificates of deposit
    and other time ..........   3,424      50.0    5.78     2,940      41.3    5.58
  Foreign time ..............     883      10.3    4.65       365       4.0    4.38
Total interest-bearing
      deposits ..............  37,514     360.7    3.81    34,545     339.7    3.91
Federal funds purchased 
  repurchase agreements .....   3,180      41.1    5.13     2,647      33.5    5.03
Short-term borrowings .......   4,962      70.9    5.66     6,178      84.3    5.43
Long-term debt ..............  12,510     197.6    6.32    13,409     205.9    6.14

Total interest-bearing
      liabilities ...........  58,166     670.3    4.58    56,779     663.4    4.66 


Other liabilities ...........   3,626                       2,814
Preferred stock .............     187                         188
Common stockholders' equity .   6,405                       5,559
    Total liabilities and
      stockholders' equity .. $82,735                     $77,839

  Net interest income
    (tax-equivalent basis) ..          $1,034.2                      $955.6

  Yield spread ..............                      4.97                        4.93 

  Net interest margin .......                      5.81                        5.66 

  Interest-bearing liabilities
    to earning assets .......                     81.11                       83.86 

</TABLE>

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Norwest Corporation and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED AVERAGE BALANCE SHEETS AND RELATED YIELDS AND RATES

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
				      Nine Months Ended September 30,              
In millions, except ratios               1997                       1996           
				       Interest  Average           Interest  Average
			      Average  Income/   Yields/  Average  Income/   Yields/
			      Balance  Expense*  Rates*   Balance  Expense*  Rates*
Assets

<S>                           <C>       <C>        <C>    <C>       <C>       <C>
Money market investments .... $   964   $  39.4     5.47%  $  659    $ 27.4    5.54%
Trading account securities ..     536      29.1     7.24      420      20.6    6.58
 
Investment securities
  available for sale 
  U.S. Treasury & federal
    agencies ................   2,728     128.9     6.29    1,255      59.8    6.37
  State, municipal and 
    housing tax-exempt ......   1,287      80.8     8.66      872      57.5    9.08
  Mortgage-backed ...........  14,395     797.4     7.44   13,319     736.9    7.39
  Other .....................   1,057      35.9     6.17    1,093      35.2    6.44
    Total investment
       securities available
       for sale .............  19,467   1,043.0     7.31   16,539     889.4    7.36

Other securities held for
    investment ..............     726      21.0     3.87      833      27.6    4.42

    Total investment
       securities ...........  20,193   1,064.0     7.18   17,372     917.0    7.21

Loans held for sale .........   2,880     168.3     7.82    2,966     201.8    9.09
Mortgages held for sale .....   5,957     324.0     7.25    6,629     366.8    7.38
Loans and leases
  (net of unearned discount)
  Commercial ................  13,364     917.5     9.18   12,622     863.7    9.14
  Real estate ...............  15,040   1,093.4     9.70   13,588     989.9    9.72
  Consumer ..................  11,927   1,358.4    15.20   11,961   1,346.3   15.02
    Total loans and leases ..  40,331   3,369.3    11.16   38,171   3,199.9   11.19
  Allowance for credit losses  (1,084)                       (992)                 
    Net loans and leases ....  39,247                      37,179                 

    Total earning assets 
    (before the allowance for
    credit losses) ..........  70,861   4,994.1     9.46   66,217   4,733.5    9.60

Cash and due from banks .....   3,571                       3,562
Other assets ................   8,449                       6,839
  Total assets .............. $81,797                     $75,626

</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
				      Nine Months Ended September 30,              
In millions, except ratios               1997                       1996           
				       Interest  Average           Interest  Average
			      Average  Income/   Yields/  Average  Income/   Yields/
			      Balance  Expense*  Rates*   Balance  Expense*  Rates*

Liabilities and 
  Stockholders' Equity

<S>                           <C>      <C>        <C>     <C>        <C>      <C>
Noninterest-bearing deposits. $13,637    $    -       -%  $11,866    $    -       -%

Interest-bearing deposits
  Savings and NOW accounts ..   9,490     116.7    1.64     6,356      83.1    1.75
  Money market accounts .....  10,647     258.7    3.25    11,441     260.1    3.04
  Savings certificates ......  13,054     529.7    5.43    12,288     502.3    5.46
  Certificates of deposit
    and other time ..........   3,425     146.2    5.70     2,741     116.0    5.65
  Foreign time ..............     728      24.1    4.43       403      14.4    4.77
Total interest-bearing
      deposits ..............  37,344   1,075.4    3.85    33,229     975.9    3.92
Federal funds purchased 
  repurchase agreements .....   3,161     117.5    4.97     2,985     112.4    5.03
Short-term borrowings .......   5,092     209.6    5.50     5,708     232.8    5.45
Long-term debt ..............  12,395     578.6    6.22    13,791     634.0    6.13

Total interest-bearing
      liabilities ...........  57,992   1,981.1    4.56    55,713   1,955.1    4.68 


Other liabilities ...........   3,839                       2,514
Preferred stock .............     188                         189
Common stockholders' equity .   6,141                       5,344
    Total liabilities and
      stockholders' equity .. $81,797                     $75,626

  Net interest income
    (tax-equivalent basis) ..          $3,013.0                    $2,778.4

  Yield spread ..............                      4.90                        4.92 

  Net interest margin .......                      5.71                        5.63 

  Interest-bearing liabilities
    to earning assets .......                     81.84                       84.14

</TABLE>



* Interest income and yields are calculated on a tax-equivalent basis using 
a federal incremental tax rate of 35% in each period presented. Non-accrual 
loans and the related negative income effect have been included in the 
calculation of yields.

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Item 6.  Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K.

(a)  Exhibits.

     The following exhibits are filed or incorporated by reference in
     response to Item 601 of Regulation S-K. 

     Exhibit     
     No.                      Exhibit                                     Page

     3(a).   Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended,
	     incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(b) to the
	     corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K dated 
	     June 28, 1993.  Certificate of Amendment of 
	     Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation 
	     authorizing 4,000,000 shares of Preference Stock,
	     incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3 to the 
	     corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K dated
	     July 3, 1995.  Certificate of Amendment of Certificate
	     of Incorporation of the corporation increasing the
	     authorized number of common shares to one billion
	     shares, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3 to the
	     corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K dated 
	     June 3, 1997.

     3(b).   Certificate of Designations of powers, preferences and
	     rights relating to the corporation's ESOP Cumulative
	     Convertible Preferred Stock incorporated by reference 
	     to Exhibit 4 to the corporation's Quarterly Report on
	     Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1994.

     3(c).   Certificate of Designations of powers, preferences and
	     rights relating to the corporation's Cumulative Tracking
	     Preferred Stock incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3
	     to the corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K dated
	     January 9, 1995.

     3(d).   Certificate of Designations of powers, preferences and
	     rights relating to the corporation's 1995 ESOP Cumulative
	     Convertible Preferred Stock incorporated by reference to
	     Exhibit 4 to the corporation's Quarterly Report on 
	     Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1995.

     3(e).   Certificate Eliminating the Certificate of Designations
	     with respect to the Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock,
	     Series B, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(a) to the
	     corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K dated
	     November 1, 1995.

     3(f).   Certificate Eliminating the Certificate of Designations 
	     with respect to the 10.24% Cumulative Preferred Stock 
	     incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3 to the corporation's
	     Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 20, 1996.

     3(g).   Certificate of Designations of powers, preferences and 
	     rights relating to the corporation's 1996 ESOP Cumulative
	     Convertible Preferred Stock incorporated by reference to
	     Exhibit 3 to the corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K
	     dated February 26, 1996.

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     Exhibit     
     No.                      Exhibit                                     Page

     3(h).   Certificate of Designations of powers, preferences and 
	     rights relating to the corporation's 1997 ESOP Cumulative
	     Convertible Preferred Stock incorporated by reference to 
	     Exhibit 3 to the corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K 
	     dated April 14, 1997.

     3(i).   By-Laws (as amended effective September 23, 1997), incorporated
	     by reference to Exhibit 3 to the corporation's Current Report
	     on Form 8-K dated October 10, 1997.

     4(a).   See 3(a) through 3(i) of this Item.

     4(b).   Rights Agreement dated as of November 22, 1988 between
	     the corporation and Citibank, N.A., incorporated by 
	     reference to Exhibit 1 to the corporation's Form 8-A
	     dated November 6, 1988 and Certificate of Adjustment
	     pursuant to Section 16 of the Rights Agreement 
	     incorporated by reference to Exhibit 5 to the corporation's 
	     Form 8-A/A dated October 14, 1997.  

     4(c).   Copies of instruments with respect to long-term debt
	     will be furnished to the Commission upon request. 

     10(a).  Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan Amendment effective 
	     July 22, 1997.                                                 36

     10(b).  Employees' Deferred Compensation Plan (as amended effective 
	     August 1, 1997).                                               37

     10(c).  Elective Deferred Compensation Plan for Mortgage Banking
	     Executives (as amended effective August 1, 1997).              45

     11.     Computation of Earnings Per Share.                             51

     12(a).  Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.             53

     12(b).  Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
	     and Preferred Stock Dividends.                                 54

Stockholders may obtain a copy of any Exhibit, upon payment of a reasonable 
fee, by writing Norwest Corporation, Office of the Secretary, Norwest Center, 
Sixth and Marquette, Minneapolis, Minnesota  55479-1026.

(b)  Reports on Form 8-K.

     The corporation filed a Current Report on Form 8-K, dated July 14, 1997,
     reporting consolidated operating results of the corporation for the
     quarter ended June 30, 1997.

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				SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the 
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the 
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

					    NORWEST CORPORATION


November 13, 1997                           By /s/ Michael A. Graf
					    Senior Vice President
					    and Corporate Controller
					    (Chief Accounting Officer)


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							     Exhibit 10(a). 

			    NORWEST CORPORATION

		  July 22, 1997 Meeting of the Board of Directors

	      Amendments to the Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan


     RESOLVED that Section 9.2 of the Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan, as 
amended (the "Plan"), is amended to read as follows:

9.2   Termination of Employment Due to Death, Disability, or Retirement.

      (a)  If a Participant ceases to be an Employee by reason of his death, 
permanent disability or Retirement, all Options outstanding shall become 
immediately exercisable and remain exercisable to the extent and for such period
or periods determined by the Committee but not beyond the expiration date of
said Options.

      (b)  If a Participant ceases to be an Employee by reason of his death, 
permanent disability or Retirement, all outstanding Stock Appreciation Rights 
granted in conjunction with Options shall become immediately exercisable and 
remain exercisable to the extent and for such period or periods determined by
the Committee but not beyond the expiration date of said Stock Appreciation
Rights.

     RESOLVED that Section 10.2 of the Plan is amended to read as follows:

10.2    Termination of Employment Due to Death, Disability, or Retirement.  If
a Participant ceases to be an Employee by reason of his death, permanent
disability or Retirement, all Stock Appreciation Rights then outstanding which
were granted independent of any Option shall become immediately exercisable and
remain exercisable to the extent and for such period or periods determined by
the Committee but not beyond the expiration date of said Stock Appreciation
Rights.

     RESOLVED that Section 19 of the LTICP is amended by inserting the words 
"or Committee" immediately following the word "Board" as it appears in two 
places in the first sentence of Section 19.


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							       Exhibit 10(b).

				 NORWEST CORPORATION

			 EMPLOYEES' DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

			 (Amended and Restated August 1, 1997)


1.  Restatement of Plan.  On July 27, 1993, the Board of Directors of Norwest 
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), authorized the 
creation of a nonqualified, unfunded, elective deferral plan known as the 
"Norwest Corporation Employees' Deferred Compensation Plan" (the "Old 
Plan") for the purpose of allowing a select group of management and highly 
compensated employees of the Corporation and its subsidiaries to defer the 
receipt of compensation which would otherwise be paid to those employees.  
The Corporation reserved the power to amend and terminate the Old Plan by 
action of the Human Resources Committee of the Corporation's Board of 
Directors.  The Human Resources Committee desires to exercise that reserved 
power of amendment by the adoption of this amended and restated Norwest 
Corporation Employees' Deferred Compensation Plan (hereinafter referred to as 
the "Plan").

2.  Eligibility.  Each full-time employee of the Corporation or any of its 
subsidiaries who has target total compensation of $80,000 or more  
("Compensation") and any other employee who is highly compensated and has 
been selected for participation in this Plan by the Plan Administrator (as 
defined in Section 11) or such officers of the Corporation to which the Plan 
Administrator has delegated its authority shall be eligible to participate in 
the Plan (each, an "Eligible Employee").

3.  Deferral of Compensation.  An Eligible Employee may elect to defer all or a 
portion of the Eligible Employee's "Regular Compensation" (salaries, bonuses, 
and commissions) that the Eligible Employee may earn from the Corporation or 
its subsidiaries during the calendar year (the "Deferral Year") following the 
year in which the Deferral Election (as defined in Section 4(A)(1)) is made.  
However, any other payroll deductions elected by the Eligible Employee (such as 
payments for welfare or retirement benefits or insurance), including FICA 
taxes, shall be made before any deferrals are made under this Plan.  Such 
Deferral Election shall be made pursuant to Section 4(A)(2).  An Eligible 
Employee may also defer certain gains derived from specified stock option 
grants ("Stock Option Compensation") under the Corporation's Long-Term 
Incentive Compensation Plan and any other stock option plan approved by the 
Plan Administrator.   The terms of a Stock Option Compensation deferral will be 
subject to an independent deferral election made pursuant to Section 4(B)(2).

4.  Election to Participate and Defer Compensation.

     A)      Deferral of Regular Compensation.

	      1)    Participation.  Except as provided in Section 4(A)(3) as to 
new Eligible Employees, an Eligible Employee becomes a participant in the Plan 
by filing, during an enrollment period specified by the Plan Administrator but 
no later than December 15 of the year preceding the Deferral Year, an 
irrevocable election (the "Deferral Election") with the Plan Administrator.  An 
Eligible Employee who has made a Deferral Election under this Section for any 
Deferral Year and has a Deferral Account (as defined in Section 5) is deemed a 
"Participant."  The Deferral Election shall be effective only for the Deferral 
Year specified.  A new Deferral Election must be filed for each Deferral Year.  
Amounts deferred under a Regular Compensation Deferral Election shall be 
credited to a "Regular Deferral Account" established under the Plan for the 
Eligible Employee.

	       2)    Deferral Election.  The Deferral Election shall consist of 
the Eligible Employee's election to defer Regular Compensation, election of 
earnings option(s) as described in Section 5(A), and election of the timing and 
form of distribution of amounts deferred as described in Section 7.  An 
Eligible Employee may elect to defer, in any combination, all or part of the 
Eligible Employee's a) base salary earned and paid on a periodic basis 
throughout the Deferral Year, b) incentive pay earned throughout the Deferral 
Year and paid after the end of the Deferral Year, and c) commissions and other 
periodic incentive payments paid during the Deferral Year.  The Eligible 


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Employee shall specify for each Regular Compensation category an amount to be 
deferred per pay period, expressed either as a percentage or a dollar amount.  

	      3)    Initial Deferral Election or Initial Eligibility.  A new 
Eligible Employee must make a Deferral Election within thirty days of the date 
the Eligible Employee becomes eligible to participate in the Plan in order to 
defer Regular Compensation earned in the current Deferral Year.

	      4)    Early Withdrawal.  A Participant who wishes to receive 
payment of all or part of the Participant's deferred Regular Compensation on a 
date earlier than that specified in the Deferral Election may do so by filing 
with the Plan Administrator a request for early withdrawal.  Such payment will 
be made from the earliest Deferral Year(s) in which the Participant has 
participated in the Plan.  Regular Deferral Accounts will be distributed in the 
order in which the accounts were established.  Stock Option Deferral Accounts 
will be distributed in the order in which the accounts were established 
following the distribution of all funds from Regular Deferral Accounts.  For 
the appropriate Deferral Year(s), account accruals to date shall be disbursed 
completely, less a 10% early withdrawal penalty on the amount distributed.  The 
10% penalty assessed for early withdrawal will be permanently forfeited by the 
Participant and will be credited to the account of the Corporation.  Further, 
the Participant shall forfeit eligibility to defer Regular Compensation or 
Stock Option Compensation during the two Deferral Years following the year in 
which the early withdrawal is made, but in no case shall an early withdrawal 
cause a current Deferral Election (either of Regular Compensation or Stock 
Option Compensation) to be suspended or canceled.  In no case may a Participant 
make more than one early withdrawal per calendar year.

     B)    Deferral of Stock Option Gains

	      1)    Participation.  An Eligible Employee may file, during an 
enrollment period specified by the Plan Administrator, an irrevocable election 
(a "Stock Option Deferral Election") with the Plan Administrator.  Except as 
provided in Section 4(B)(3), Stock Option Deferral Elections become effective 
on the second January 1 following the date of the election.  An Eligible 
Employee who has made a Stock Option Deferral Election under this Section is 
deemed a "Participant." Each Stock Option Deferral Election pertains only to 
the specific option grant(s) covered.  Amounts deferred under a Stock Option 
Deferral Election shall be credited to a "Stock Option Deferral Account" 
established under the Plan for the Eligible Employee.

	      2)    Deferral Election.  A Stock Option Deferral Election shall 
consist of the Eligible Employee's election to defer all of the eligible Stock 
Option Compensation derived from a specific stock option grant.  Eligible Stock 
Option Compensation consists of only stock option gains realized using the 
stock-for-stock swap method of exercise.  Stock option gains derived from 
either a cash exercise or a same day sale will not be eligible Stock Option 
Compensation.  Therefore, if an Eligible Employee elects to defer the stock 
option gain derived from a specific stock option grant, the Eligible Employee 
must agree to use the stock-for-stock method (as set forth in the option 
agreement) to exercise the specific option grant.  Stock option gains from 
stock-for-stock swaps will be allocated solely to the Norwest Corporation 
common stock earnings option.  The Stock Option Deferral Election must also 
specify the timing and form of distribution of the amount deferred as described 
in Section 7.

	      3)    Deferral Elections for 1998.  Stock Option Deferral 
Elections made by August 31, 1997 shall become effective January 1, 1998.

	      4)    Early Withdrawal.  A Participant who wishes to receive 
payment of all or part of the Participant's deferred Stock Option Compensation 
on a date earlier than that specified in the Stock Option Deferral Election may 
do so by filing with the Plan Administrator a request for early withdrawal.  
Stock Option Deferral Accounts will be distributed in the order in which the 
accounts were established after all funds from Regular Deferral Accounts are 
distributed.  A 10% early withdrawal penalty will be assessed on the amount 
distributed.  The 10% penalty assessed for early withdrawal will be permanently 
forfeited by the Participant and will be credited to the account of the 
Corporation.  Further, the Participant shall forfeit eligibility to defer 
Regular Compensation or Stock Option Compensation during the two Deferral Years 
following the year in which the early withdrawal is made, but in no case shall 
an early withdrawal cause a current Deferral Election (either of Regular 
Compensation or Stock Option Compensation) to be suspended or canceled.  In no 
case may a Participant make more than one early withdrawal per calendar year.


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	      5)    Effect on Stock Options.  Stock Option Compensation which 
the Participant has elected to defer may not be received between the filing of 
the Stock Option Deferral Election and its effective date.  Termination of 
employment during this period other than by reason of death, disability or 
retirement will void the Stock Option Deferral Election.

5.  Deferral Account.

     A)    Earnings Options.  The earnings options available for selection on
the Deferral Election are as follows:

	      1)    Norwest Corporation common stock option ("Common Stock 
Option").  This is the only earnings option available for Stock Option Deferral 
Accounts.

	      2)    Norwest Bank Minnesota, N.A. one-year certificate of deposit 
option ("CD Option").

	      3)    A selection of registered investment companies chosen by 
the Employee Benefit Review Committee of the Corporation ("Fund Option").

A Participant must choose to allocate amounts credited to the Participant's 
Regular Deferral Account among the earnings options in increments of five (5) 
percent.  Except as provided in Section 4(A)(3) as to new Eligible Employees, 
the initial election of earnings options must be made by the Participant in 
advance of each Deferral Year.  A Participant's Stock Option Deferral Account 
must be allocated to the Common Stock Option.  Except with respect to a 
Participant's Stock Option Deferral Account, after the initial election of 
earnings options, Participants shall be entitled to change their earnings 
options each January 1 by filing an irrevocable written earnings option 
election form with the Plan Administrator at least thirty (30) days prior to 
the January 1 effective date.

     B)    Periodic Credits.  On each pay day on which the deferred Regular 
Compensation would otherwise be paid to a Participant, the Participant shall 
receive a credit to the Participant's Regular Deferral Account.  When a stock 
option covered by a Stock Option Deferral Election is exercised using a stock-
for-stock swap, the Participant's Stock Option Deferral Account will be 
credited on the last day of the month in which the stock option is exercised.  
The amount of each credit shall be equal to the amount deferred from the 
Participant's Regular Compensation and/or Stock Option Compensation.  In the 
case of Regular Compensation, each credit shall be accounted for based on the 
earnings options selected by the Participant on the Regular Compensation 
Deferral Election.  In the case of Stock Option Compensation, the credit shall 
be a number of shares of Norwest common stock ("Common Stock") determined in 
accordance with Section 6(B) below.

     C)    Adjustments.  Subject to Section 5(C)(4), that portion of a 
Participant's Regular Deferral Account which is accounted for under each 
earnings option shall be further adjusted by an amount determined in accordance 
with the respective earnings option as follows:

	      1)    CD Option.  Adjustments under the CD Option shall be made 
monthly as of the last day of each month.  The amount of the adjustment for the 
CD Option shall be calculated by multiplying the Participant's average balance 
in the CD Option for the month by an earnings factor based on the interest rate 
for a Norwest Bank Minnesota, N.A. one-year certificate of deposit as 
determined from time to time by the Plan Administrator.

	      2)    Fund Option.  Adjustments under any Fund Option shall be 
made monthly as of the last day of each month.  The amount of the adjustment 
for a Fund Option shall be calculated by multiplying the Participant's average 
balance in the Fund Option for the month by an adjustment factor based on the 
reported positive or negative performance for the month of the registered 
investment company assets relating to the Fund Option selected.

	      3)    Common Stock Option.  Adjustments under the Common Stock 
Option shall be made each time a dividend is paid on Common Stock in accordance 
with paragraph 6(C) below.

	      4)    No Adjustments After Valuation.  No adjustment shall be 
made to a Participant's Regular Deferral Account with respect to a lump sum 
payment or an installment payment after the valuation date used to determine 
the amount of such payment pursuant to Section 7(A)(6).


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6.  Common Stock Option.

     A)    Accounting.  All periodic credits and all adjustments to a 
Participant's Stock Option Deferral Account or Regular Deferral Account (the 
"Deferral Accounts") under the Common Stock Option shall be credited in 
shares of Common Stock. Shares of Common Stock shall be rounded to the nearest 
ten-thousandth of a share.

     B)    Determination of Number of Shares.   The number of shares of Common 
Stock credited to a Participant's Deferral Accounts under the Common Stock 
Option shall be determined by dividing the amount of each periodic credit by 
the average of the high and low prices per share of Common Stock reported on 
the consolidated tape of the New York Stock Exchange on the last day of each 
month (or, if the New York Stock Exchange is closed on that date, on the next 
preceding date on which it is open). 

     C)    Adjustments Based on Dividends.  Subject to Section 5(C)(4), 
adjustments under the Common Stock Option shall be made each time a dividend is 
paid on Common Stock.   The number of shares credited to a Participant's 
Deferral Accounts for such adjustments shall be determined by multiplying the 
dividend amount per share by the number of shares credited to the Participant's 
Deferral Accounts as of the record date for the dividend and dividing the 
product by the average of the high and low prices per share of Common Stock 
reported on the consolidated tape of the New York Stock Exchange on the 
dividend payment date (or, if the New York Stock Exchange is closed on that 
date, on the next preceding date on which it is open).  

     D)    Number of Shares Issuable under the Plan.  Subject to adjustment as 
provided in Section 6(E), the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may 
be credited under the Plan is 500,000.

     E)    Adjustments for Certain Changes in Capitalization.  If the 
Corporation shall at any time increase or decrease the number of its 
outstanding shares of Common Stock or change in any way the rights and 
privileges of such shares by means of the payment of a stock dividend or any 
other distribution upon such shares payable in Common Stock, or through a stock 
split, subdivision, consolidation, combination, reclassification, or 
recapitalization involving the Common Stock, then the numbers, rights, and 
privileges of the shares issuable under the Plan shall be increased, decreased, 
or changed in like manner as if such shares had been issued and outstanding, 
fully paid, and nonassessable at the time of such occurrence.

7.  Distributions.

     A)    Regular Deferral Accounts.  Payment of Regular Deferral Accounts 
shall be made pursuant to the Participant's Deferral Election, subject to the 
following:

	      1)    Upon Retirement or Date-Certain Distribution.  A 
Participant may designate on the Deferral Election that distribution of the 
Regular Deferral Account shall be made either in a lump sum or in annual 
installments over a period of years not to exceed ten if the Participant 
elects distribution to commence upon retirement or a date certain.  For this 
purpose, retirement means the Participant is entitled to regular retirement 
or early retirement as defined in Section 6.1 or 6.2 of the Norwest 
Corporation Pension Plan.

	      2)    Upon Disability.  A Participant may designate on the 
Deferral Election that distribution of the Regular Deferral Account shall be 
made either in a lump sum or in annual installments over a period of years 
not to exceed ten if the Participant becomes disabled as described in the 
Norwest Corporation Long-Term Disability Plan.  The Participant may also 
specify on the Deferral Election that such disability shall not cause a 
distribution before the originally elected distribution commencement date.

	       3)    Upon Death.  If a Participant dies before receiving all 
payments under the Plan, payment of the balance in the Regular Deferral 
Account shall be made to the Participant's designated beneficiary in the 
form and manner designated in the Deferral Election or in a lump sum at the 
request of the designated beneficiary, but not sooner than 90 days following 
the date of the Participant's death.  To be valid, a beneficiary designation 
must be in writing and the written designation must have been delivered to 
and accepted by the Plan Administrator prior to the Participant's death.


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If at the time of the Participant's death there is not on file a fully 
effective beneficiary designation form, or if the designated beneficiary did 
not survive the Participant, the person or persons surviving at the time of the 
Participant's death in the first of the following classes of beneficiaries in 
which there is a survivor, shall be entitled to receive the balance of the 
Participant's Regular Deferral Account.  If a person in the class surviving 
dies before receiving the balance (or the person's share of the balance in case 
of more than one person in the class) of the Participant's Regular Deferral 
Account, that person's right to receive the Participant's Regular Deferral 
Account will lapse and the determination of who will be entitled to receive the 
Participant's Regular Deferral Account will be determined as if that person 
predeceased the Participant.

		  (a)   Participant's surviving spouse

		  (b)   Equally to the Participant's children, except that if 
any of the Participant's children predecease the Participant but leave 
descendants surviving, such descendants shall take by right of representation 
the share their parent would have taken if living

		  (c)    Participant's surviving parents equally

		  (d)    Participant's surviving brothers and sisters equally

		  (e)    Representative of the Participant's estate. 

	      4)    Upon Other Termination of Employment.   If a Participant 
terminates employment with the Corporation prior to the Participant's regular 
or early retirement as defined in Section 6.1 or 6.2 of the Norwest Corporation 
Pension Plan, or disability as described in the Norwest Corporation Long-Term 
Disability Plan, or death, the Regular Deferral Account will be paid in a lump 
sum or in annual installments over a period of years not to exceed ten years to 
the Participant in accordance with the elections made on the termination of 
employment section of the Deferral Election.

	      5)    Form of Distributions.  All distributions from Regular 
Deferral Accounts shall be payable as follows: 

		a)    In cash for all Regular Deferral Accounts for which the 
Participant elected an earnings option other than the Common Stock Option; or 

		b)    If the Participant elected the Common Stock Option, in 
cash or in whole shares of Common Stock (together with cash in lieu of a 
fractional share), or in a combination thereof, as the Participant shall elect 
prior to payment.  If no election is made, distribution shall be made in cash.

6)    Valuation of Deferral Accounts for Distribution.

	      a)    The amount of the distribution in cash and/or Common Stock 
on any February 28 (or the next preceding business day if February 28 is not a 
business day) shall be determined based on the Participant's Regular Deferral 
Account balance (and, if applicable, the price of Common Stock) as of the 
preceding December 31 (or the next preceding business day if December 31 is not 
a business day). The amount of the distribution in cash and/or Common Stock as 
of any other date on which a distribution is made shall be determined based on 
the Participant's Regular Deferral Account balance (and, if applicable, the 
price of Common Stock) as of the end of the month in which the event which 
triggers distribution occurs.  Earnings adjustments to amounts that have been 
valued for distribution shall cease as of the date used to value such amounts.

	      b)    The amount of each installment payment shall be a fraction 
of the value of the Participant's Regular Deferral Account as of the December 
31 preceding the date of the installment payment (or the next preceding 
business day if December 31 is not a business day), the numerator of which is 
one and the denominator of which is the total number of installments elected 
(not to exceed ten) minus the number of installments previously paid.  The 
balance remaining in the Regular Deferral Account shall continue to be adjusted 
based on the earnings options selected by the Participant in the Deferral 
Election until the valuation date used to determine the amount of the last 
payment.  All installment payments will be made by pro rata withdrawals from 
each earnings option elected by the Participant.


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B)    Stock Option Deferral Accounts.  Payment of Stock Option Deferral 
Accounts shall be made pursuant to the Participant's Stock Option Deferral 
Election, subject to the following:

	1)    Date-Certain Distribution.  A Participant may designate on the 
Stock Option Deferral Election that distribution of the Stock Option 
Deferral Account shall be made either in a lump sum or in annual 
installments over a period of years not to exceed ten.  The Participant may 
not elect to receive the distribution earlier than 12 months after the date 
on which the option is exercised.

	2)    Upon Retirement.  A Participant may designate on the Stock 
Option Deferral Election that distribution of the Stock Option Deferral 
Account shall be made either in a lump sum or in annual installments over a 
period of years not to exceed ten if the Participant elects distribution to 
be made after the Participant's regular retirement date or early retirement 
date as defined in Sec. 6.1 or 6.2 of the Norwest Corporation Pension Plan.  
The Participant may also specify that retirement shall not cause a 
distribution before the originally elected date-certain date.

	3)    Upon Disability.  A Participant may designate on the Stock 
Option Deferral Election that distribution of the Stock Option Deferral 
Account shall be made in either a lump sum or annual installments over a 
period of years not to exceed ten if the Participant becomes disabled as 
described in the Norwest Corporation Long-Term Disability Plan.  The 
Participant may also specify that such a disability shall not cause a 
distribution before the originally elected date-certain date.

	4)    Upon Death.  If a Participant dies before receiving all 
payments under the Plan, payment of the balance in the Stock Option Deferral 
Account shall be made to the Participant's designated beneficiary in the 
form and manner designated in the Stock Option Deferral Election or in a 
lump sum at the request of the designated beneficiary, but not sooner than 
90 days following the date of the Participant's death.  To be valid, a 
beneficiary designation must be in writing and the written designation must 
have been delivered to and accepted by the Plan Administrator prior to the 
Participant's death.

If at the time of the Participant's death there is not on file a fully 
effective beneficiary designation form, or if the designated beneficiary did 
not survive the Participant, the person or persons surviving at the time of the 
Participant's death in the first of the following classes of beneficiaries in 
which there is a survivor, shall be entitled to receive the balance of the 
Participant's Stock Option Deferral Account.  If a person in the class 
surviving dies before receiving the balance (or the person's share of the 
balance in case of more than one person in the class) of the Participant's 
Stock Option Deferral Account, that person's right to receive the Participant's 
Stock Option Deferral Account will lapse and the determination of who will be 
entitled to receive the Participant's Stock Option Deferral Account will be 
determined as if that person predeceased the Participant.

	      (a)    Participant's surviving spouse

	      (b)    Equally to the Participant's children, except that if any 
of the Participant's children predecease the Participant but leave descendants 
surviving, such descendants shall take by right of representation the share 
their parent would have taken if living

	      (c)    Participant's surviving parents equally

	      (d)    Participant's surviving brothers and sisters equally

	      (e)    Representative of the Participant's estate. 

	5)    Upon Other Termination of Employment.   If a Participant 
terminates employment with the Corporation prior to the Participant's regular 
or early retirement as defined in Section 6.1 or 6.2 of the Norwest Corporation 
Pension Plan, or disability as described in the Norwest Corporation Long-Term 
Disability Plan, or death, the Stock Option Deferral Account will be paid in a 
lump sum or in annual installments over a period of years not to exceed ten 
years to the Participant in accordance with the elections made in the 
termination section of the Stock Option Deferral Election.  Should the option 
be unexercised, the Stock Option Deferral Election is canceled.


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	6)    Form of Distributions.  All distributions from the Stock Option 
Deferral Accounts shall be payable in whole shares of Common Stock (together 
with cash in lieu of a fractional share).

	7)    Valuation of Stock Option Deferral Accounts for Distribution.

	      a)    The amount of the distribution on any February 28 (or the 
next preceding business day if February 28 is not a business day) shall be 
determined based on the Participant's Stock Option Deferral Account balance and 
on the price of Common Stock determined pursuant to Section 6 as of the 
preceding December 31 (or the next preceding business day if December 31 is not 
a business day). The amount of the distribution as of any other date on which a 
distribution is made shall be determined based on the Participant's Stock 
Option Deferral Account balance and on the price of Common Stock determined 
pursuant to Section 6 as of the end of the month in which the event which 
triggers distribution occurs.  Earnings adjustments to amounts that have been 
valued for distribution shall cease as of the date used to value such amounts.

	      b)    The amount of each installment payment shall be a fraction 
of the balance of the Participant's Stock Option Deferral Account as of the 
December 31 preceding the date of the installment payment, the numerator of 
which is one and the denominator of which is the total number of installments 
elected (not to exceed ten) minus the number of installments previously paid.  
The balance remaining in the Stock Option Deferral Account shall continue to be 
adjusted until the valuation date used to determine the last payment.

8.  Nonassignability.  No Participant or beneficiary shall have any interest in 
any Deferral Accounts which can be transferred, nor shall any Participant or 
beneficiary have any power to anticipate, alienate, dispose of, pledge or 
encumber the same while in the possession or control of the Corporation, nor 
shall the Corporation recognize any assignment thereof, either in whole or in 
part, nor shall any Deferral Account be subject to attachment, garnishment, 
execution following judgment or other legal process while in the possession or 
control of the Corporation.  The designation of a beneficiary by a Participant 
does not constitute a transfer.

9.  Withholding of Taxes.  Distributions under this Plan shall be subject to 
the deduction of the amount of any federal, state, or local income taxes, 
Social Security tax, Medicare tax, or other taxes required to be withheld from 
such payments by applicable laws and regulations.

10.  Unsecured Obligation.  The obligation of the Corporation to make payments 
under this Plan constitutes only the unsecured (but legally enforceable) 
promise of the Corporation to make such payments.  The Participant shall have 
no lien, prior claim or other security interest in any property of the 
Corporation.  The Corporation is not required to establish or maintain any 
fund, trust or account (other than a bookkeeping account or reserve) for the 
purpose of funding or paying the benefits promised under this Plan.  If such a 
fund is established, the property therein shall remain the sole and exclusive 
property of the Corporation.  The Corporation will pay the cost of this Plan 
out of its general assets.  All references to accounts, accruals, gains, 
losses, income, expenses, payments, custodial funds and the like are included 
merely for the purpose of measuring the Corporation's obligation to 
Participants in this Plan and shall not be construed to impose on the 
Corporation the obligation to create any separate fund for purposes of this 
Plan.

11.  Administration.  For purposes of Section 3(16)(A) of the Employee 
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"), the Plan Administrator 
shall be the Human Resources Committee of the Corporation's Board of Directors.
The Plan Administrator or its delegatee shall have the authority to interpret 
the Plan, to adopt procedures for implementing the Plan, and to determine 
adjustments under the Plan.

12.  Amendment and Termination.  The Board of Directors or the Human Resources 
Committee of the Corporation's Board of Directors may at any time terminate, 
suspend, or amend this Plan; provided, however, that if necessary to maintain 
the availability of the exemption contained in Rule 16b-3, or any successor 
regulation, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for 
transactions pursuant to this Plan, the provisions of this Plan relating to the 
amount, price and timing of awards pursuant to this Plan may not be amended 
more than once in every six months other than to comport with changes in the 
Internal Revenue Code or ERISA, or the rules thereunder.  No such action shall 
deprive any Participant of any benefits to which the Participant would have 
been entitled under the Plan if termination of the Participant's employment had 


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occurred on the day prior to the date such action was taken, unless agreed to 
by the Participant.

13.  Effective Date.  This restated Plan is generally effective August 1, 1997, 
except that the provisions of Section 5(A) allowing changes to earnings options 
elections for Regular Deferral Accounts will be effective January 1, 1998, 
unless the Chairperson of the Human Resources Committee of the Corporation's 
Board of Directors takes action in writing to delay the effectiveness of such 
provisions.  Once effective, the provisions of Section 5(A) will apply to all 
earnings options elections, regardless of when made.


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							       Exhibit 10(c).

			    NORWEST CORPORATION
		     ELECTIVE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
		      FOR MORTGAGE BANKING EXECUTIVES

		    (Amended and Restated August 1, 1997)


1.  Restatement of Plan.  On November 22, 1994, the Board of Directors of 
Norwest Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), authorized 
the creation of a nonqualified, unfunded, elective deferral plan known as the 
"Norwest Corporation Elective Deferred Compensation Plan for Mortgage Banking 
Executives" (the "Prior Plan Statement") for the purpose of allowing a 
select group of management and highly compensated employees of the Corporation 
and its subsidiaries who are substantially involved in the mortgage banking 
business and who participate in an incentive compensation plan requiring 
mandatory deferral of incentive compensation to defer the receipt of 
compensation which would otherwise be paid to those employees.  The 
Corporation reserved the power to amend or terminate the Prior Plan Statement 
by action of the Human Resources Committee of the Corporation's Board of 
Directors.  The Human Resources Committee desires to exercise that reserved 
power of amendment by the adoption of this amended and restated Plan Statement 
(hereinafter referred to as the "Plan").

2.  Eligibility.  Each highly compensated employee of the Corporation or any 
of its subsidiaries who is substantially involved in the mortgage banking 
business and who either participates in an incentive compensation plan 
requiring mandatory deferral of incentive compensation or has been selected 
for participation in this Plan by the Plan Administrator (as defined in 
Section 11) or such officers of the Corporation to which the Plan 
Administrator has delegated its authority, shall be eligible to participate in 
the Plan (each, an "Eligible Employee").

3.  Deferral of Compensation.  An Eligible Employee may elect to defer 
pursuant to Section 4(A)(2) all or a portion of the Eligible Employee's 
"Regular Compensation" (salary, bonus and incentive compensation not 
mandatorily deferred as required under the incentive compensation plan) that 
the Eligible Employee may earn from the Corporation or its subsidiaries during 
the calendar year (the "Deferral Year") following the year in which the 
Deferral Election (as defined in Section 4(A)(1)) is made.  An Eligible 
Employee may elect to defer all or a portion of the vested portion of the 
Eligible Employee's interest in the PDA Plan pursuant to Section 4(B).  
However, any other payroll deductions elected by the Eligible Employee or 
required by law (such as payments for welfare or retirement benefits or 
insurance), including FICA taxes, shall be made before any deferrals are made 
under this Plan.

4.  Election to Participate and Defer Compensation.

     A)  Deferral of Regular Compensation.

	  1)  Participation.  Except as provided in Section 4(A)(3) as to new 
Eligible Employees, an Eligible Employee becomes a Participant in the Plan by 
filing, during an enrollment period specified by the Plan Administrator but no 
later than December 15 of the year preceding the Deferral Year, an irrevocable 
election (the "Deferral Election") with the Plan Administrator.  An Eligible 
Employee who has made a Deferral Election under this Section for any Deferral 
Year and has a Regular Deferral Account is deemed a "Participant."  The 
Deferral Election shall be effective only for the Deferral Year specified.  A 
new Deferral Election must be filed for each Deferral Year.  Amounts deferred 
under a Regular Compensation Deferral Election shall be credited to a 
"Regular Deferral Account" established under the Plan for the Eligible 
Employee.

	  2)  Deferral Election.  A Deferral Election shall consist of the 
Eligible Employee's election to defer Regular Compensation, election of 
earnings option(s) as described in Section 5(A), and election of the time and 
form of distribution of amounts deferred as described in Section 7.  An 
Eligible Employee may elect to defer, in any combination, all or part of the 
Eligible Employee's (a) base salary earned and paid on a periodic basis 
throughout the Deferral Year, (b) certain incentive pay earned throughout the 
Deferral Year and paid after the end of the Deferral Year, and (c) commissions 
and other periodic incentive payments paid during the Deferral Year.  The 


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Eligible Employee shall specify for each Regular Compensation category an 
amount to be deferred per pay period, expressed either as a percentage or a 
dollar amount.  

	      3)    Initial Deferral Election or Initial Eligibility.  A new 
Eligible Employee must make a Deferral Election within thirty days of the date 
the Eligible Employee becomes eligible to participate in the Plan in order to 
defer Regular Compensation earned in the current Deferral Year.

	      4)    Early Withdrawal.  A Participant may request to receive 
payment of all or part of the Participant's deferred Regular Compensation on a 
date earlier than that specified on the Deferral Election by filing with the 
Plan Administrator a request for early withdrawal.  Such payment will be made 
from the earliest Deferral Year(s) in which the Participant has participated 
in the Plan.  Regular Deferral Accounts will be distributed in the order in 
which the Accounts were established.  For the appropriate Deferral Year(s), 
Regular Deferral Account accruals to date shall be disbursed completely, less 
a 10% early withdrawal penalty on the amount distributed.  The 10% penalty 
assessed for early withdrawal will be permanently forfeited by the Participant 
and will be credited to the Corporation.  Further, the Participant shall 
forfeit eligibility to defer Regular Compensation and vested PDA Plan amounts 
during the two Deferral Years following the year in which the early withdrawal 
is made, but in no case shall an early withdrawal cause a current Deferral 
Election (Regular Compensation or PDA Plan amounts) to be suspended or 
canceled.  In no case may a Participant make more than one early withdrawal 
per calendar year pursuant to this Section A(4) or Section B(3).

     B)    Deferral of PDA Plan Amounts.

	      1)    Participation.  An Eligible Employee may file, during an 
enrollment period specified by the Plan Administrator, an irrevocable election 
(a "PDA Deferral Election") with the Plan Administrator no later than March 
31 of the year prior to the year in which the Eligible Employee's portion of 
the Norwest Corporation Performance Deferral Award Plan for Mortgage Banking 
Executives, or from other plans which may be approved from time to time by the 
Plan Administrator (the "PDA Plan") vests and would otherwise be payable 
under the provisions of the PDA Plan.  An Eligible Employee who has made a PDA 
Deferral Election under this Section for any Deferral Year is deemed a 
"Participant."  Each PDA Deferral Election pertains only to the specific 
portion of the PDA Plan that vests in that Deferral Year.  Amounts deferred 
under a PDA Deferral Election shall be credited to a "PDA Deferral Account" 
established under the Plan for the Eligible Employee.

	      2)    Deferral Election.  A PDA Deferral Election shall consist 
of the Eligible Employee's election to defer the vested portion of the PDA 
Plan attributable to the Eligible Employee that would otherwise be payable 
under the PDA Plan during the Deferral Year.  The Eligible Employee shall 
specify on the PDA Deferral Election the percentage or dollar amount to be 
deferred, the earnings option(s) as described in Section 5(A), and the time 
and form of distribution of amounts deferred as described in Section 7.

	      3)    Early Withdrawal.  A Participant may request to receive 
payment of all or part of the Participant's PDA Deferral Account on a date 
earlier than that specified on the PDA Deferral Election by filing with the 
Plan Administrator a request for early withdrawal.  Such payment will be made 
from the earliest PDA Deferral Election Deferral Years.  PDA Deferral Accounts 
will be distributed in the order in which the Accounts were established 
following distribution of all funds from Regular Deferral Accounts.  For the 
appropriate Deferral Year(s), PDA Deferral Account accruals to date shall be 
disbursed completely, less a 10% early withdrawal penalty on the amount 
distributed.  The 10% penalty assessed for early withdrawal will be 
permanently forfeited by the Participant and will be credited to the 
Corporation.  Further, the Participant shall forfeit eligibility to defer 
Regular Compensation and vested PDA Plan amounts during the two Deferral Years 
following the year in which the early withdrawal is made, but in no case shall 
an early withdrawal cause a current Deferral Election (Regular Compensation or 
PDA Plan amounts) to be suspended or cancelled.  In no case may a Participant 
make more than one early withdrawal per calendar year pursuant to this Section 
B(3) or Section A(4).

5.  Deferral Account.

     A)    Earnings Options.  The earnings options available for selection on 
the Deferral Election are as follows:


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	      1)    "Phantom Stock Option," wherein the Account balances earn 
as though they were invested in Norwest Corporation Common Stock ("Common 
Stock").

	      2)    Norwest Bank Minnesota, N.A. one-year certificate of 
deposit option ("CD Option").

	      3)    A selection of registered investment companies chosen by 
the Employee Benefit Review Committee of the Corporation ("Fund Option").

A Participant must choose to allocate amounts credited to the Participant's 
Regular Deferral Account and PDA Deferral Account among the earnings options 
in increments of five (5) percent.  Except as provided in Section 4(A)(3) as 
to new Eligible Employees, the initial election of earnings options must be 
made by the Participant in advance of each Deferral Year.  After the initial 
election of earnings options, Participants shall be entitled to change their 
earnings options each January 1 by filing an irrevocable written earnings 
option election form with the Plan Administrator at least thirty (30) days 
prior to the January 1 effective date.

     B)    Periodic Credits.  On each pay day that deferred Regular 
Compensation and/or PDA Plan amounts would otherwise be paid to a Participant, 
the Participant shall receive a credit to the Participant's Regular Deferral 
Account and/or PDA Deferral Account.  The amount of each credit shall be equal 
to the amount deferred from the Participant's Regular Compensation and/or PDA 
Plan amounts.  Each credit shall be accounted for based on the earnings 
options selected by the Participant on the Regular Compensation Deferral 
Election or PDA Deferral Election.

     C)    Adjustments.  Subject to Section 5(C)(4), that portion of a 
Participant's Regular Deferral Account or PDA Deferral Account that is 
accounted for under each earnings option shall be further adjusted by an 
amount determined in accordance with the respective earnings option as 
follows:

	      1)    CD Option.  Adjustments under the CD Option shall be made 
monthly as of the last day of each month.  The amount of the adjustment for 
the CD Option shall be calculated by multiplying the Participant's average 
balance in the CD Option for the month by an earnings factor based on the 
interest rate for a Norwest Bank Minnesota, N.A. one-year certificate of 
deposit as determined from time to time by the Plan Administrator.

	      2)    Fund Option.  Adjustments under any Fund Option shall be 
made monthly as of the last day of each month.  The amount of the adjustment 
for a Fund Option shall be calculated by multiplying the Participant's average 
balance in the Fund Option for the month by an adjustment factor based on the 
reported positive or negative performance for the month of the registered 
investment company assets relating to the Fund Option selected.

	       3)    Phantom Stock Option.  Adjustments under the Phantom 
Stock Option shall be made each time a dividend is paid on Common Stock in 
accordance with Section 6(C) below.

	      4)    No Adjustments After Valuation.  No adjustment shall be 
made to a Participant's Regular Deferral Account or PDA Deferral Account with 
respect to a lump sum payment or an installment payment after the valuation 
date used to determine the amount of such payment pursuant to Section 7(F).

6.  Phantom Stock Option.

     A)     Accounting.  All periodic credits and all adjustments to a 
Participant's Regular Deferral Account or PDA Deferral Account (the "Deferral 
Accounts") under the Phantom Stock Option shall be credited in Phantom Shares 
of Common Stock.  Phantom Shares of Common Stock shall be rounded to the 
nearest ten-thousandth of a share.

     B)    Determination of Number of Phantom Shares.  The number of Phantom 
Shares of Common Stock credited to a Participant's Deferral Accounts under the 
Phantom Stock Option shall be determined by dividing the amount of each 
periodic credit by the average of the high and low prices per share of Common 
Stock reported on the consolidated tape of the New York Stock Exchange on the 
last day of each month (or, if the New York Stock Exchange is closed on that 
date, on the next preceding date on which it is open). 


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     C)    Adjustments Based on Dividends.  Subject to Section 5(C)(4), 
adjustments under the Phantom Stock Option shall be made each time a dividend 
is paid on Common Stock.   The number of Phantom Shares credited to a 
Participant's Deferral Accounts for such adjustments shall be determined by 
multiplying the dividend amount per share of Common Stock by the number of 
Phantom Shares credited to the Participant's Deferral Accounts as of the 
record date for the dividend and dividing the product by the average of the 
high and low prices per share of Common Stock reported on the consolidated 
tape of the New York Stock Exchange on the dividend payment date (or, if the 
New York Stock Exchange is closed on that date, on the next preceding date on 
which it is open).  

     D)    Adjustments for Certain Changes in Capitalization.  If the 
Corporation shall at any time increase or decrease the number of its 
outstanding shares of Common Stock or change in any way the rights and 
privileges of such shares by means of the payment of a stock dividend or any 
other distribution upon such shares payable in Common Stock, or through a 
stock split, subdivision, consolidation, combination, reclassification, or 
recapitalization involving the Common Stock, then the numbers, rights, and 
privileges of the Phantom Shares issuable under the Plan shall be increased, 
decreased, or changed in like manner as if such Phantom Shares had been issued 
and outstanding, fully paid, and nonassessable at the time of such occurrence.

7.  Distributions.  Payment of Regular Deferral Accounts and PDA Deferral 
Accounts shall be made pursuant to the Participant's Deferral Election and PDA 
Deferral Election, subject to the following:

     A)    Upon Retirement or Date-Certain Distribution.  A Participant may 
designate on the Deferral Election or PDA Deferral Election that distribution 
of the Regular Deferral Account or PDA Deferral Account shall be made either 
in a lump sum or in annual installments over a period of years not to exceed 
ten if the Participant elects distribution to commence upon retirement or a 
date certain.  For this purpose, retirement means the Participant is entitled 
to regular retirement or early retirement as defined in Section 6.1 or 6.2 of 
the Norwest Corporation Pension Plan.

     B)    Upon Disability.  A Participant may designate on the Deferral 
Election or PDA Deferral Election that distribution of the Regular Deferral 
Account or PDA Deferral Account shall be made either in a lump sum or in 
annual installments over a period of years not to exceed ten if the 
Participant becomes disabled as described in the Norwest Corporation Long-Term 
Disability Plan.  The Participant may also specify on the Deferral Election or 
PDA Deferral Election that such disability shall not cause a distribution 
before the originally elected distribution commencement date.

     C)    Upon Death.  If a Participant dies before receiving all payments 
under the Plan, payment of the balance of the Participant's Regular Deferral 
Account and PDA Deferral Account shall be made to the Participant's designated 
beneficiary in the form and manner designated in the Deferral Election or PDA 
Deferral Election or in a lump sum at the request of the designated 
beneficiary, but not sooner than 90 days following the date of the 
Participant's death.  To be valid, a beneficiary designation must be in 
writing and the written designation must have been delivered to and accepted 
by the Plan Administrator prior to the Participant's death.

If at the time of the Participant's death there is not on file a fully 
effective beneficiary designation form, or if the designated beneficiary did 
not survive the Participant, the person or persons surviving at the time of 
the Participant's death in the first of the following classes of beneficiaries 
in which there is a survivor, shall be entitled to receive the balance of the 
Participant's Regular Deferral Account and PDA Deferral Account.  If a person 
in the class surviving dies before receiving the balance (or the person's 
share of the balance in case of more than one person in the class) of the 
Participant's Regular Deferral Account and PDA Deferral Account, that person's 
right to receive the Participant's Regular Deferral Account and PDA Deferral 
Account will lapse and the determination of who will be entitled to receive 
the Participant's Regular Deferral Account and PDA Deferral Account will be 
determined as if that person predeceased the Participant.

	      (1)    Participant's surviving spouse

	      (2)    Equally to the Participant's children, except that if any 
of the Participant's children predecease the Participant but leave descendants 
surviving, such descendants shall take by right of representation the share 
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	      (3)    Participant's surviving parents equally

	      (4)    Participant's surviving brothers and sisters equally

	      (5)    Representative of the Participant's estate.

     D)    Upon Other Termination of Employment.   If a Participant terminates 
employment with the Corporation prior to the Participant's regular or early 
retirement as defined in Section 6.1 or 6.2 of the Norwest Corporation Pension 
Plan, or disability as described in the Norwest Corporation Long-Term 
Disability Plan, or death, the Regular Deferral Account and PDA Deferral 
Account will be paid in a lump sum or in annual installments over a period of 
years not to exceed ten years to the Participant in accordance with the 
elections made on the termination of employment section of the Deferral 
Election and PDA Deferral Election.

     E)    Form of Distributions.  All distributions from Regular Deferral 
Accounts and PDA Deferral Accounts shall be payable in cash. 

     F)    Valuation of Deferral Accounts for Distribution.

	      1)    The amount of the distribution in cash on any February 28 
(or the next preceding business day if February 28 is not a business day) 
shall be determined based on the Participant's Regular Deferral Account and 
PDA Deferral Account balances (and, if applicable, the price of Common Stock) 
as of the preceding December 31 (or the next preceding business day if 
December 31 is not a business day). The amount of the distribution in cash as 
of any other date on which a distribution is made shall be determined based on 
the Participant's Regular Deferral Account and PDA Deferral Account balance 
(and, if applicable, the price of Common Stock) as of the end of the month in 
which the event which triggers distribution occurs.  Earnings adjustments to 
amounts that have been valued for distribution shall cease as of the date used 
to value such amounts.

	      2)    The amount of each installment payment shall be a fraction 
of the value of the Participant's Regular Deferral Account and PDA Deferral 
Account as of the December 31 preceding the date of the installment payment 
(or the next preceding business day if December 31 is not a business day), the 
numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is the total number of 
installments elected (not to exceed ten) minus the number of installments 
previously paid.  The balance remaining in the Participant's Regular Deferral 
Account and PDA Deferral Account shall continue to be adjusted based on the 
earnings options selected by the Participant on the Participant's Deferral 
Election or PDA Deferral Election until the valuation date used to determine 
the amount of the last payment.  All installment payments will be made by pro 
rata withdrawals from each earnings option elected by the Participant.

8.  Nonassignability.  No Participant or beneficiary shall have any interest 
in any Deferral Account which can be transferred, nor shall any Participant or 
beneficiary have any power to anticipate, alienate, dispose of, pledge or 
encumber the same while in the possession or control of the Corporation, nor 
shall the Corporation recognize any assignment thereof, either in whole or in 
part, nor shall any Deferral Account be subject to attachment, garnishment, 
execution following judgment or other legal process while in the possession or 
control of the Corporation.  The designation of a beneficiary by a Participant 
does not constitute a transfer.

9.  Withholding of Taxes.  Distributions under this Plan shall be subject to 
the deduction of the amount of any federal, state, or local income taxes, 
Social Security tax, Medicare tax, or other taxes required to be withheld from 
such payments by applicable laws and regulations.

10.  Unsecured Obligation.  The obligation of the Corporation to make payments 
under this Plan constitutes only the unsecured (but legally enforceable) 
promise of the Corporation to make such payments.  The Participant shall have 
no lien, prior claim or other security interest in any property of the 
Corporation.  The Corporation is not required to establish or maintain any 
fund, trust or account (other than a bookkeeping account or reserve) for the 
purpose of funding or paying the benefits promised under this Plan.  If such a 
fund is established, the property therein shall remain the sole and exclusive 
property of the Corporation.  The Corporation will pay the cost of this Plan 
out of its general assets.  All references to accounts, accruals, gains, 
losses, income, expenses, payments, custodial funds and the like are included 
merely for the purpose of measuring the Corporation's obligation to 
Participants in this Plan and shall not be construed to impose on the 



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Corporation the obligation to create any separate fund for purposes of this 
Plan.

11.  Administration.  For purposes of Section 3(16)(A) of the Employee 
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"), the Plan Administrator 
shall be the Human Resources Committee of the Corporation's Board of 
Directors.  The Plan Administrator or its delegatee shall have the authority 
to interpret the Plan, to adopt procedures for implementing the Plan, and to 
determine adjustments under the Plan.

12.  Amendment and Termination.  The Board of Directors or the Human Resources 
Committee of the Corporation's Board of Directors may at any time terminate, 
suspend, or amend this Plan; provided, however, that if necessary to maintain 
the availability of the exemption contained in Rule 16b-3, or any successor 
regulation, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for 
transactions pursuant to this Plan, the provisions of this Plan relating to 
the amount, price and timing of awards pursuant to this Plan may not be 
amended more than once in every six months other than to comport with changes 
in the Internal Revenue Code or ERISA, or the rules thereunder.  No such 
action shall deprive any Participant of any benefits to which the Participant 
would have been entitled under the Plan if termination of the Participant's 
employment had occurred on the day prior to the date such action was taken, 
unless agreed to by the Participant.

13.  Effective Date.  This restated Plan is generally effective August 1, 
1997, except that the provisions of Section 5(A) allowing changes to earnings 
options elections for Regular Deferral Accounts will be effective January 1, 
1998, unless the Chairperson of the Human Resources Committee of the 
Corporation's Board of Directors takes action in writing to delay the 
effectiveness of such provisions.  Once effective, the provisions of Section 
5(A) will apply to all earnings options elections, regardless of when made.


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								Exhibit 11.



Norwest Corporation and Subsidiaries
COMPUTATION OF EARNINGS PER SHARE
(Unaudited)

In thousands, except per common share amounts            Quarter Ended  
							  September 30,   
							1997        1996 
PRIMARY:
 Weighted average number of common shares 
  outstanding .....................................    749,283     741,270
 Net effect of assumed exercise of stock options
  based on treasury stock method using average
  market price ....................................      9,181       7,373
						       758,464     748,643

Net income ........................................   $341,614     288,984
 Less dividends accrued on preferred stock ........      4,441       4,441
 Net income, as adjusted ..........................   $337,173     284,543

 Net income per common share ......................   $   0.44        0.38

FULLY DILUTED:
 Weighted average number of common shares
  outstanding .....................................    749,283     741,270
 Net effect of assumed exercise of stock options
  based on treasury stock method using average
  market price or period-end market price,
  whichever is higher .............................      9,292       8,923
 Assumed conversion of 6 3/4% convertible
  subordinated debentures due 2003 ................         35          35
						       758,610     750,228

Net income ........................................   $341,614     288,984
 Less dividends accrued on preferred stock ........      4,441       4,441
 Add 6 3/4% convertible subordinated debentures
  interest and amortization of debt expense,
  net of income tax effect ........................          1           1
 Net income, as adjusted ..........................   $337,174     284,544

 Net income per common share.......................   $   0.44        0.38




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								 Exhibit 11.
								 (continued)


Norwest Corporation and Subsidiaries
COMPUTATION OF EARNINGS PER SHARE
(Unaudited)

In thousands, except per common share amounts         Nine Months Ended   
							September 30,     
							1997        1996  
PRIMARY:
 Weighted average number of common shares 
  outstanding .....................................    748,012     729,508
 Net effect of assumed exercise of stock options
  based on treasury stock method using average
  market price ....................................     10,032       6,938
						       758,044     736,446

Net income ........................................   $994,866     845,772
 Less dividends accrued on preferred stock ........     13,322      13,322
 Net income, as adjusted ..........................   $981,544     832,450

 Net income per common share ......................   $   1.29        1.13

FULLY DILUTED:
 Weighted average number of common shares
  outstanding .....................................    748,012     729,508
 Net effect of assumed exercise of stock options
  based on treasury stock method using average
  market price or period-end market price,
  whichever is higher .............................     11,365       8,696
 Assumed conversion of 6 3/4% convertible
  subordinated debentures due 2003.................         35          36
						       759,412     738,240

Net income ........................................   $994,866     845,772
 Less dividends accrued on preferred stock ........     13,322      13,322
 Add 6 3/4% convertible subordinated debentures
  interest and amortization of debt expense,
  net of income tax effect ........................          3           3
 Net income, as adjusted ..........................   $981,547     832,453

 Net income per common share.......................   $   1.29        1.13



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								     Exhibit 12(a).


Norwest Corporation and Subsidiaries    
COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
(Unaudited)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
			  Nine Months Ended                     
			    September 30,                        Year Ended December 31,    
In thousands                 1997       1996       1996       1995       1994       1993       1992

<S>                    <C>         <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>
Computation of Income:
 Income before
  income taxes         $1,524,069  1,313,626  1,781,509  1,422,814  1,180,601    879,755    645,568
 Capitalized interest           -        (14)       (14)      (112)       (69)       (65)       (24)
 Income before income
  taxes and capitalized
  interest              1,524,069  1,313,612  1,781,495  1,422,702  1,180,532    879,690    645,544
 Fixed charges          2,032,875  2,003,755  2,685,447  2,503,603  1,640,049  1,485,936  1,651,664
 Total income for
  computation          $3,556,944  3,317,367  4,466,942  3,926,305  2,820,581  2,365,626  2,297,208
 Total income for
  computation excluding 
  interest on deposits
  from fixed charges   $2,481,532  2,341,484  3,142,024  2,770,005  1,957,224  1,513,317  1,281,619

Computation of Fixed
 Charges:
 Net rental
  expense (a)          $  155,309    145,813    205,409    166,591    149,462    128,573    123,342
 Portion of rentals
  deemed 
  representative
  of interest          $   51,770     48,604     68,470     55,530     49,821     42,858     41,114
 Interest:
  Interest on
   deposits             1,075,412    975,883  1,324,918  1,156,300    863,357    852,309  1,015,589
  Interest on 
   federal funds
   and other 
   short-term
   borrowings             327,062    345,220    454,013    515,646    290,211    238,046    277,835
  Interest on
   long-term debt         578,631    634,034    838,032    776,015    436,591    352,658    317,102
  Capitalized
   interest                     -         14         14        112         69         65         24
  Total interest        1,981,105  1,955,151  2,616,977  2,448,073  1,590,228  1,443,078  1,610,550
 Total fixed
  charges              $2,032,875  2,003,755  2,685,447  2,503,603  1,640,049  1,485,936  1,651,664
 Total fixed
  charges excluding
  interest on
  deposits             $  957,463  1,027,872  1,360,529  1,347,303    776,692    633,627    636,075
Ratio of Income
 to Fixed Charges:
 Excluding
  interest on
  deposits                  2.59x       2.28       2.31       2.06       2.52       2.39       2.01
 Including
  interest on
  deposits                  1.75x       1.66       1.66       1.57       1.72       1.59       1.39

</TABLE>
(a)  Includes equipment rentals.

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								     Exhibit 12(b).

Norwest Corporation and Subsidiaries    
COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS
(Unaudited)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
			 Nine Months Ended                     
			   September 30,                         Year Ended December 31,
In thousands                1997       1996        1996       1995       1994       1993       1992

<S>                   <C>         <C>         <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>
Computation of Income:
 Income before
  income taxes        $1,524,069  1,313,626   1,781,509  1,422,814  1,180,601    879,755    645,568
 Capitalized interest          -        (14)        (14)      (112)       (69)       (65)       (24)
 Income before income
  taxes and capitalized
  interest             1,524,069  1,313,612   1,781,495  1,422,702  1,180,532    879,690    645,544
 Fixed charges         2,032,875  2,003,755   2,685,447  2,503,603  1,640,049  1,485,936  1,651,664
 Total income for
  computation         $3,556,944  3,317,367   4,466,942  3,926,305  2,820,581  2,365,626  2,297,208
 Total income for
  computation excluding 
  interest on deposits
  from fixed charges  $2,481,532  2,341,484   3,142,024  2,770,005  1,957,224  1,513,317  1,281,619

Computation of Fixed
 Charges:
 Net rental
  expense (a)         $  155,309    145,813     205,409    166,591    149,462    128,573    123,342
 Portion of rentals
  deemed 
  representative
  of interest         $   51,770     48,604      68,470     55,530     49,821     42,858     41,114
 Interest:
  Interest on
   deposits            1,075,412    975,883   1,324,918  1,156,300    863,357    852,309  1,015,589
  Interest on
   federal funds
   and other 
   short-term
   borrowings            327,062    345,220     454,013    515,646    290,211    238,046    277,835
  Interest on
   long-term debt        578,631    634,034     838,032    776,015    436,591    352,658    317,102
  Capitalized
   interest                    -         14          14        112         69         65         24
  Total interest       1,981,105  1,955,151   2,616,977  2,448,073  1,590,228  1,443,078  1,610,550
 Total fixed
  charges             $2,032,875  2,003,755   2,685,447  2,503,603  1,640,049  1,485,936  1,651,664
 Total fixed
  charges excluding
  interest on
  deposits            $  957,463  1,027,872   1,360,529  1,347,303    776,692    633,627    636,075
 Preferred stock
  dividends               13,322     13,322      17,763     41,220     27,827     31,170     32,219
 Pre-tax earnings
  needed to meet
  preferred stock
  dividend
  requirements            20,409     20,691      27,424     61,349     41,044     44,728     44,367
 Total combined fixed
  charges and preferred
  stock dividends     $2,053,284  2,024,446   2,712,871  2,564,952  1,681,093  1,530,664  1,696,031
 Total combined 
  fixed charges 
  and preferred stock
  dividends excluding 
  interest on 
  deposits            $  977,872  1,048,563   1,387,953  1,408,652    817,736    678,355    680,442

</TABLE>

(a)  Includes equipment rentals.

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<PAGE>


								    Exhibit 12(b).
								       (continued)


Norwest Corporation and Subsidiaries    
COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS
(Unaudited)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
				 Nine Months Ended                     
				  September 30,                    Year Ended December 31,
In thousands                        1997      1996      1996      1995      1994      1993      1992
<S>                                <C>        <C>       <C>       <C>       <C>       <C>       <C>
Ratio of Income to Combined
 Fixed Charges and Preferred
 Stock Dividends:
  Excluding interest on
   deposits                        2.54x      2.23      2.26      1.97      2.39      2.23      1.88
  Including interest on
   deposits                        1.73x      1.64      1.65      1.53      1.68      1.55      1.35

</TABLE>


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<TABLE> <S> <C>

<ARTICLE> 9
<LEGEND>
THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM THE
SEPTEMBER 30, 1997 QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS
ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.  PER COMMON SHARE
DATA HAS BEEN RESTATED FOR THE CORPORATION'S TWO-FOR-ONE STOCK SPLIT 
EFFECTED IN THE FORM OF A 100 PERCENT STOCK DIVIDEND, DISTRIBUTED
ON OCTOBER 10, 1997.
</LEGEND>
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