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Exhibit 99.2

NORDSTROM CREDIT, INC.

13531 EAST CALEY

ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO  80111

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL
OFFICER REGARDING PERIODIC REPORT CONTAINING
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

I, Michael G. Koppel, the Vice President and Treasurer of Nordstrom
Credit, Inc. (the "Company") in compliance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1350,
as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002,
hereby certify that the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
period ended October 31, 2002 (the "Report") filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission:

- -  fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of
   the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

- -  the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in
   all material respects, the financial condition and results
   of operations of the Company.


/s/ Michael G. Koppel
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                                          Michael G. Koppel
                                          Vice President and Treasurer
                                          December 6, 2002