3rd Quarter 2024 Stock Market Numbers. Q3 2024 stock market outlook 3q 2024 us market outlook and valuation. In the third quarter of 2024, the federal reserve made its first interest rate cut of the cycle, reducing rates by 0.50%.

The horizontal axis represents time, with data points spanning from 2010 to april 30, 2024. This line graph illustrates the trend of positive real interest rates from mid/late 2023 through april 2024.