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Maude Toussaint-Comeau

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Maude Toussaint-Comeau was a senior economist and economic advisor on the community development team at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

Bank Publications

Recent Publications

Reviving the Restaurant Corridor in the Greater Chatham Neighborhood of Chicago: Challenges and Opportunities
Robin Newberger, Maude Toussaint-Comeau | Chicago Fed Insights | 2025 | March
Childcare Use and Expenses Among Families of Different Income Levels
Maude Toussaint-Comeau, Maxwell Jaffe | Chicago Fed Insights | 2024 | September
Funding and Network Resource Utilization of Black-Owned Businesses in Detroit
Maude Toussaint-Comeau, Rick Mattoon, Elizabeth Kepner | Chicago Fed Insights | 2024 | February

Chicago Fed Insights

Reviving the Restaurant Corridor in the Greater Chatham Neighborhood of Chicago: Challenges and Opportunities
Robin Newberger, Maude Toussaint-Comeau | 2025 | March
Childcare Use and Expenses Among Families of Different Income Levels
Maude Toussaint-Comeau, Maxwell Jaffe | 2024 | September
Funding and Network Resource Utilization of Black-Owned Businesses in Detroit
Maude Toussaint-Comeau, Rick Mattoon, Elizabeth Kepner | 2024 | February

Policy Brief

Preserving Minority Depository Institutions: Understanding Their Challenges and What Is Being Done to Support Them
Maude Toussaint-Comeau, Robin Newberger | 2023 | November
The Middle Class Is Saving Less, and High-Cost Credit Card Debt May Play a Major Role
Maude Toussaint-Comeau | 2022 | December

ProfitWise News and Views

Preserving Chicago’s Minority Middle Neighborhoods
Maude Toussaint-Comeau, Robin Newberger | 2020 | No. 5 | July Download
Secular Trends in Minority-Owned Businesses and Small Business Finance
Maude Toussaint-Comeau, Victoria Williams | 2020 | No. 2 | May Download
Small Business Performance in Industries in LMI Neighborhoods After the Great Recession: Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Houston, and Los Angeles
Maude Toussaint-Comeau, Robin Newberger, Mark O'Dell | 2019 | No. 3 Download
Determinants of Housing Values and Variations in Home Prices Across Neighborhoods in Cook County
Maude Toussaint-Comeau, Jin Man Lee | 2018 | No. 1 Download
Competitiveness of Ethnic Minority Neighborhoods in Metropolitan Areas in the Seventh District
Maude Toussaint-Comeau | 2017 | No. 4 Download
Reinvesting in the Greater Chatham Neighborhoods in Chicago: New Data and Insights from Practitioners and Policymakers
Robin Newberger, Maude Toussaint-Comeau | 2017 | No. 3 Download
Resource Utilization among Black Small Business Owners in Detroit: Results from a Questionnaire
Robin Newberger, Maude Toussaint-Comeau | 2014 | November | 4th Quarter Download
An Analysis of SBA Loans in Lower-income and Black Neighborhoods in Detroit and Michigan
Robin Newberger, Maude Toussaint-Comeau | 2014 Download
Developing Small Businesses and Leveraging Resources in Detroit: An Informed Discussion among Financial Institutions, Policymakers and Other Stakeholders in Detroit
Robin Newberger, Maude Toussaint-Comeau | 2013 | April Download

CDPS Blog

Revitalizing the Greater Chatham Housing Market
Maude Toussaint-Comeau, Robin Newberger | 2018 | November
Changing the Narrative of Communities: Highlights from a Symposium on Business Growth and Employment in Chicago’s African American Neighborhoods
Robin Newberger, Maude Toussaint-Comeau | 2017 | October
Revisiting the Promise and Problems of Inner City Economic Development: The Role of Industry Clusters
Robin Newberger, Maude Toussaint-Comeau | 2016 | June
Redefining Rustbelt: Cross-City Perspectives on Connecting Health and Community Development
Robin Newberger, Maude Toussaint-Comeau, Susan Longworth | 2016 | March
Designing Entrepreneurial Solutions to Address Urban/Inner City Problems
Robin Newberger, Maude Toussaint-Comeau | 2015 | December
Redefining Rustbelt: Making Broadband Available to Residents and Small Businesses in Detroit, Charlotte, Cleveland, and Philadelphia
Robin Newberger, Maude Toussaint-Comeau | 2015 | July
What’s Missing? How Bankers and Community Development Finance Practitioners Can Reach Diverse Business Owners and Neighborhoods in Detroit
Robin Newberger, Maude Toussaint-Comeau | 2014 | December
Redefining Rustbelt: Opportunities for city revitalization and educational reform
Robin Newberger, Maude Toussaint-Comeau | 2014 | July
Redefining Rustbelt: Opportunities for city revitalization and educational reform
Robin Newberger, Maude Toussaint-Comeau | 2014 | May
Redefining Rust Belt: The Local Impact of Anchor Institutions in Detroit, Baltimore, Cleveland and Philadelphia
Robin Newberger, Maude Toussaint-Comeau | 2013 | December
Redefining Rust Belt: An Exchange of Strategies by the Cities of Baltimore, Cleveland, Detroit, and Philadelphia
Robin Newberger, Maude Toussaint-Comeau | 2013 | August
Leveraging Resources for Small Businesses in Detroit
Robin Newberger, Maude Toussaint-Comeau | 2012 | December

Economic Perspectives

Minority-Owned Banks and Their Primary Local Market Areas
Maude Toussaint-Comeau, Robin Newberger | 2017 | Vol. 41 | No. 4 | May Download
Do Labor Market Activities Help Predict Inflation?
Luojia Hu, Maude Toussaint-Comeau | 2010 | Vol. 34 | No. 2 | 2nd Quarter Download
Do Ethnic Enclaves and Networks Promote Immigrant Self-employment?
Maude Toussaint-Comeau | 2008 | Vol. 32 | 4th Quarter Download
Variations in Consumer Sentiment across Demographic Groups
Leslie McGranahan, Maude Toussaint-Comeau | 2006 | Vol. 30 | No. 1 Download
The relationship between Hispanic residential location and homeownership
Sherrie Rhine, Maude Toussaint-Comeau | 2004 | Vol. 28 | No. 3 | August | 3rd Quarter Download

Chicago Fed Letter

Revitalizing Inner Cities: Connecting Research and Practice
Robin Newberger, Maude Toussaint-Comeau | 2015 | No. 346 Download
Developing Small Businesses and Leveraging Resources in Detroit
Robin Newberger, Maude Toussaint-Comeau | 2013 | No. 306a | January Download
Trends in Consumer Sentiment and Spending
Daniel DiFranco, Maude Toussaint-Comeau | 2009 | No. 262 | May Download
Self-employed Immigrants: An Analysis of Recent Data
Maude Toussaint-Comeau | 2009 | No. 213 | April Download
Strategies for Improving Economic Mobility of Workers—A Conference Preview
Maude Toussaint-Comeau | 2007 | No. 245 | December Download
Changing Hispanic Demographics: Opportunities and Constraints in the Financial Market
Maude Toussaint-Comeau | 2003 | No. 192 | August Download

Midwest Economy Blog

New Issues in Immigration Research
Maude Toussaint-Comeau | 2013 | February

Working papers

Working Papers

Health and the Savings of Insured versus Uninsured, Working-Age Households in the U.S.
Jonathan Hartley, Maude Toussaint-Comeau | 2009 | No. 2009-23 | November Download
The Impact of Mexican Immigrants on U.S. Wage Structure
Maude Toussaint-Comeau | 2007 | No. 2007-24 | November Download
Do Enclaves Matter in Immigrants' Self-Employment Decision?
Maude Toussaint-Comeau | 2005 | No. 2005-23 Download
The Occupational Assimilation of Hispanics in the U.S.: Evidence from Panel Data
Maude Toussaint-Comeau | 2004 | No. 2004-15 Download
Tenure Choice with Location Selection: The Case of Hispanic Neighborhoods in Chicago
Sherrie Rhine, Maude Toussaint-Comeau | 2003 | No. 2003-05 Download
The Importance of Check-Cashing Businesses to the Unbanked: Racial/Ethnic Differences
William H. Greene, Sherrie Rhine, Maude Toussaint-Comeau | 2003 | No. 2003-10 Download

Selected External Publications

Journal Articles

2016, IZA Journal of Migration, Vol. 5, No. 14, July. Mexican Immigration, Occupational Clustering and the Local Labor Market Adjustment of African-American Workers

With Robin Newberger and Darline Augustine, 2016, Economic Development Quarterly, Vol. 30,  No. 2, May pp. 171-184. Inclusive Cluster-Based Development Strategies for Inner Cities

Presentations and Other Resources

Toussaint-Comeau on Minority Owned Banks

Video courtesy of C-Span.

2016, Financial Institutions and Inequality Panel, National Economic Association/AFL-CIO Economic Conference, August 10.

Research Brief

 

Presented January 2015.

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