EX-23 2 consentedcp123108.htm CONSENT OF AUDITORS A42.7 Consent when our report(s) on audited benefit plan financial statements included in a Form 11-K are incorporated by reference in a previously filed and effective Form S-8 registration statement

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Pension and Profit Sharing Committee
Macy’s, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (No. 333‑133078 and No. 333-153720) on Form S-8 of Macy’s, Inc. of our report dated March 27, 2009, with respect to the statements of net assets available for benefits of the Macy’s, Inc. Executive Deferred Compensation Plan as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, the related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2008, which report appears in the December 31, 2008 annual report for Form 11-K of the Macy’s, Inc. Executive Deferred Compensation Plan.

 

 

/s/ KPMG LLP

 

Cincinnati, Ohio
March 27, 2009