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Tombs notes that the IRS has returned around $39 billion over March and April, well ahead of the extra $20 billion Americans are paying in higher gasoline prices.

From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026

Samuel Tombs, chief U.S. economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, estimates that higher gasoline prices will likely only add roughly 0.3 percentage points to headline sales in the April data.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

But Samuel Tombs, chief US economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, said job growth was likely to start to slow in the coming months.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

But that could mean that the second-round effects of higher oil and energy prices, which would fuel further inflation, are less severe, according to Samuel Tombs, chief U.S. economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics.

From Barron's • Mar. 9, 2026

Over and over in his mind appeared the image of the familiar mummy-shaped outline of the western hills, and the sheer red cliffs that hid the Valley of the Tombs of the Kings.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw