PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS
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                                                                   Exhibit 23.01

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                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
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We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated February 2, 2001 relating to the
financial statements, which appears in the 2000 Annual Report to Shareholders,
which is incorporated by reference in MBIA Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2000. We also consent to the incorporation by
reference of our report dated February 2, 2001 relating to the financial
statement schedules, which appears in such Annual Report on Form 10-K. We also
consent to the references to us under the headings "Experts" in such
Registration Statement.

March 26, 2002