By Elizabeth Dilts Marshall NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global share markets slid on Thursday as U.S. inflation hit almost 8%, making it almost certain the U.S. Federal Reserve will raise interest rates next week, and the European Central Bank sped up the end of its massive stimulus program. Data showed U.S. consumer inflation running at a 7.9% annualized clip in February, the largest annual increase in 40 years. Wall Street fell on the data because, while markets expect the central bank to raise the Fed funds target rate by 25 basis points at the conclusion of next week’s monetary policy meeting, th…