Consent of Independent Auditors

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Independent auditors"
and to the use of our  report  dated  February  5,  1998  in the  Post-Effective
Amendment  Number 21 to  Registration  Statement  Number 2-95577 on Form S-1 and
related  prospectuses of IDS Certificate Company for the registration of its IDS
Flexible  Savings  Certificate,  IDS Cash Reserve Certificate, IDS Installment
Certificate,  IDS Preferred Investors Certificate, IDS Stock Market Certificate
and Amerian Express Stock Market Certificate.

Our audits also included the financial  statements  schedules of IDS Certificate
Company listed in Item 16(b) of this Registration Statement. These schedules are
the  responsibility  of the  management  of the  IDS  Certificate  Company.  Our
responsibility is to express an opinion based on our audits. In our opinion, the
financial  statement schedules referred to above, when considered in relation to
the basic financial  statements taken as a whole, present fairly in all material
respects the information set forth therein.






Minneapolis, Minnesota
April 20, 1998