# Grain Journal | CoBank Quarterly: Economic Clouds Gather as Fears of…

> CoBank's quarterly report says Federal Reserve rate hikes and bond yield inversions point to slowing growth and possible recession. It also finds that agricultural supply chains remain strained, with grain rail car availability at multi-year lows and rail costs at multi-year highs in the second quarter.

- Date: 2022-07-14 · published 2022-07-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/4313-grain-journal-cobank-quarterly-economic-clouds-gather-as-fears-of
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

Tight rail capacity and high transport costs raise the cost of moving grain, while slowing demand from rate hikes could reduce commodity prices.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OATS | 2024-07-05 | [EUR GOVTS - Steady decline in OAT futures volume suggests orderly squaring of positions](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29319-eur-govts-steady-decline-in-oat-futures-volume-suggests-orderly-squaring-of.md) | +4.4% | +3.6% |
| OATS | 2026-10-24 | [Debt : Moody spares France ,  a brief respite , not a  vote of confidence](https://feedsoft.ai/events/777-debt-moody-spares-france-a-brief-respite-not-a-vote-of-confidence.md) | -7.6% | — |
| OATS | 2025-06-19 | [France taps €12.0bn shorter dated OATs, strong, but not blistering \| IFR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24265-france-taps-12-0bn-shorter-dated-oats-strong-but-not-blistering-ifr.md) | +0.6% | +0.8% |
| OATS | 2022-07-14 | [Ag prices face outside pressures](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4311-ag-prices-face-outside-pressures.md) | -27.0% | -34.5% |
| OATS | 2026-09-01 | [France 10-Year OAT Yield Highest since 2008](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17958-france-10-year-oat-yield-highest-since-2008.md) | +0.9% | +21.8% |

## Sources

- grainjournal.com: https://www.grainjournal.com/article/277378/cobank-quarterly-economic-clouds-gather-as-fears-of-higher-rates-and-weakening-conditions-lingerc

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