By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. economy may be nearing a turn lower in inflation, Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic said on Wednesday, though he added he is still leaning towards a slightly faster pace of interest rate increases this year. “I am very hopeful we are going to start to see that decline … There is some evidence we are on the cusp of that,” Bostic said in an interview with CNBC. While Bostic still expects three quarter-percentage-point rate increases will be appropriate this year, he said: “I am leaning a little towards four. We are going to have to see how…