EXHIBIT 23.3
SECURITIES DATA COMPANY
We hereby consent to the use of the information we provided for use in Amendment
No. 2 to the Registration Statement (No. 333-75213) relating to the offering of
Debt Securities by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. and to the references to our
name in Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement, including under the
caption "Experts".
Securities Data Company,
A division of Thomson Information Services
/s/ Francine Falchook
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Francine Falchook
Senior Vice President
May 7, 1999