Maude Toussaint-Comeau is an economist in the microeconomics team of the economic research department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. In that position, Toussaint-Comeau conducts research on consumer finance and access to credit by vulnerable populations.

Toussaint-Comeau has authored and co-authored several papers on the use of formal and informal financial markets by minority groups and the use of alternative financial services such as check-cashing outlets and payday loan companies. Her current research focuses on immigrant utilization of financial services, labor market adjustment, and homeownership attainment by Hispanics and immigrant/ethnic self-employment.

Prior to joining the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago in June 1998, she taught economics at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

She received a Ph.D. in economics/public policy analysis from the University of Illinois at Chicago, an M.S. in economics from Temple University and a B.A. in economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.